JP2012224635A - PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION INCLUDING IMMUNOGLOBULIN Fc REGION AS CARRIER - Google Patents

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JP2012224635A
JP2012224635A JP2012166208A JP2012166208A JP2012224635A JP 2012224635 A JP2012224635 A JP 2012224635A JP 2012166208 A JP2012166208 A JP 2012166208A JP 2012166208 A JP2012166208 A JP 2012166208A JP 2012224635 A JP2012224635 A JP 2012224635A
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide novel application of an immunoglobulin Fc region, more specifically, a pharmaceutical composition including the immunoglobulin Fc region as a carrier.SOLUTION: The pharmaceutical composition including the immunoglobulin Fc region as a carrier of a drug greatly increases a half-life of the coupled drug in blood while maintaining comparatively high in-vivo activity of the coupled drug. When the drug is a polypeptide drug, risk of immunoreactivity induction is reduced in comparison with a fusion protein of the immunoglobulin Fc region and a target protein. Consequently, application useful for development of long-acting pharmaceutical preparations of various polypeptide drugs is provided.

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本発明は、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域の新規用途に係り、より具体的には、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域をキャリアとして含む薬剤学的組成物、および免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域と結合した薬物の生体内持続性を増加させる方法に関するものである。   The present invention relates to a novel use of an immunoglobulin Fc region, and more specifically, a pharmaceutical composition comprising an immunoglobulin Fc region as a carrier, and increasing the in vivo persistence of a drug bound to the immunoglobulin Fc region. It is about the method to make it.

過去、数多くの薬学者および化学者は、天然的に存在する生理活性分子の生体活性を化学的に変化および／または修飾しようと努力した。このような努力の大部分は、生理活性物質の特定の生体活性を増加させたり、生体活性を持続させたり、毒性を減少させたり、副作用を除去または減少させたり、特定の生理活性を変化させたりすることであった。生理活性物質が化学的に修飾される場合、大部分は生理活性が除去されるかあるいは相当減少するが、場合によっては生理活性が増加または変化することもある。したがって、目的とするところに応じて生理活性を変化させることが可能な化学修飾についての研究が多く行われており、大部分の研究は、生理活性物質（薬物）を生理学的に許容可能なキャリアと共有結合させることであった。   In the past, many pharmacists and chemists have sought to chemically change and / or modify the biological activity of naturally occurring bioactive molecules. Most of these efforts increase the specific bioactivity of bioactive substances, maintain bioactivity, reduce toxicity, eliminate or reduce side effects, change specific bioactivity. It was to do. When a physiologically active substance is chemically modified, the physiological activity is largely removed or considerably decreased, but in some cases, the physiological activity may be increased or changed. Therefore, many studies have been conducted on chemical modifications that can change the physiological activity according to the intended purpose. Most of the studies have been conducted on physiologically acceptable carriers that are physiologically active substances (drugs). And was to be covalently bonded.

国際特許公開公報第ＷＯ０１／９３９１１号には、多数の酸性残基を持つ重合体が薬物のキャリアとして用いられた例が開示されており、国際特許公開第ＷＯ０３／００７７８号には、陰イオン基を含有する両親媒性ブロック共重合体をキャリアとして用いて陽イオン性薬物の安定性を増加させた例が開示されており、ヨーロッパ特許第０６８１４８１号には、シクロデキストリンと酸をキャリアとして塩基性薬物の特性を改善させる技術が開示されている。一方、疎水性薬物の場合、生体内での安定性の低下は主に疎水性薬物の低い水溶解特性に起因する。このような疎水性薬物の低い水溶解特性を改善させるために、脂質(Lipid)をキャリアとして用いた技術が国際特許公開第ＷＯ０４／０６４７３１号に開示されている。ところが、今まで免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域を薬物のキャリアとして用いた例は、公知となっていない。   International Patent Publication No. WO01 / 93911 discloses an example in which a polymer having a large number of acidic residues is used as a drug carrier, and International Patent Publication No. WO03 / 00778 discloses an anionic group. An example in which the stability of a cationic drug is increased by using an amphiphilic block copolymer containing as a carrier is disclosed in European Patent No. 0681481 using a cyclodextrin and an acid as a carrier. Techniques for improving drug properties have been disclosed. On the other hand, in the case of a hydrophobic drug, the decrease in in vivo stability is mainly due to the low water solubility of the hydrophobic drug. In order to improve the low water solubility of such hydrophobic drugs, a technique using lipid as a carrier is disclosed in International Patent Publication No. WO 04/064731. However, no example of using the immunoglobulin Fc region as a drug carrier has been known so far.

一方、一般的に、ポリペプチドは、安定性が低くて変性し易く、血液内蛋白質加水分解酵素によって分解されて腎臓または肝臓を介して容易に除去されるため、薬理成分としてポリペプチドを含む蛋白質医薬品の血中濃度および力価を保つためには、蛋白質薬物を患者に頻繁に投与する必要がある。ところが、大部分注射剤の形態で患者に投与される蛋白質医薬品の場合、活性ポリペプチドの血中濃度を保つために頻繁に注射を打つことは、患者に夥しい苦痛を引き起こす。このような問題点を解決するために、蛋白質薬物の血中安定性を増加させ、血中薬物濃度を長期間高く持続させて薬効を最大化しようという努力が続けられてきた。このような蛋白質薬物の持続性製剤は、蛋白質薬物の安定性を高めると同時に薬物自体の力価が十分高く維持されなければならず、患者に免疫反応を誘発してはならない。   On the other hand, in general, polypeptides have low stability and are easily denatured, and are easily degraded through blood protein hydrolase and easily removed through the kidney or liver. In order to maintain the blood concentration and titer of pharmaceuticals, it is necessary to frequently administer protein drugs to patients. However, in the case of protein drugs that are administered to patients in the form of injections in most cases, frequent injections in order to maintain the blood concentration of the active polypeptide cause severe pain for the patient. In order to solve such problems, efforts have been made to maximize the drug efficacy by increasing the blood stability of protein drugs and maintaining the blood drug concentration high for a long period of time. Such a long-lasting formulation of a protein drug should increase the stability of the protein drug and at the same time maintain the potency of the drug itself sufficiently high and should not elicit an immune response in the patient.

蛋白質を安定化させ、蛋白質加水分解酵素との接触および腎臓による消失を抑制するための方法として、従来では、ポリエチレングリコール（polyethylene glycol：以下「ＰＥＧ」という）のように溶解度の高い高分子を蛋白質薬物の表面に化学的に付加させる方法が使用された。ＰＥＧは、目的蛋白質の特定の部位または様々な部位に非特異的に結合して溶解度を高めることにより、蛋白質を安定化させ且つ蛋白質の加水分解を防止するのに効果があり、しかも、深刻な副作用を起こさないものと知られている（Sada et al., J. Fermentation Bioengineering 71: 137-139, 1991）。ところが、ＰＥＧの結合により、蛋白質の安定性は増加できるが、生理活性蛋白質の力価が著しく低くなるという問題を生じる。さらに、ＰＥＧの分子量が増加するほど蛋白質との反応性が低くなり、その結果、収率が減少するという問題がある。   As a method for stabilizing protein and preventing contact with protein hydrolase and disappearance by the kidney, conventionally, a highly soluble polymer such as polyethylene glycol (hereinafter referred to as “PEG”) is used as a protein. A method of chemically adding to the surface of the drug was used. PEG is effective in stabilizing the protein and preventing protein hydrolysis by binding nonspecifically to a specific site or various sites of the target protein to increase solubility. It is known not to cause side effects (Sada et al., J. Fermentation Bioengineering 71: 137-139, 1991). However, although the stability of the protein can be increased by the binding of PEG, there arises a problem that the titer of the bioactive protein is remarkably lowered. Furthermore, there is a problem that as the molecular weight of PEG increases, the reactivity with the protein decreases, and as a result, the yield decreases.

最近は、ＰＥＧの両末端に同一の蛋白質薬物を結合させた二重体を作って活性の増加を図り（米国特許第５，７３８，８４６号）、あるいはお互い異なる種類の蛋白質薬物をＰＥＧの両末端に結合させて同時に２種の活性を示す蛋白質（国際出願公開第ＷＯ９２／１６２２１号）も開発されたが、これらは蛋白質薬物の活性を持続させる面では明確な効果を示していない。   Recently, a double body in which the same protein drug is bonded to both ends of PEG is used to increase the activity (US Pat. No. 5,738,846), or different types of protein drugs are added to both ends of PEG. Proteins (International Application Publication No. WO92 / 16221) that have two types of activity at the same time have also been developed, but these have not shown a clear effect in terms of sustaining the activity of protein drugs.

一方、Ｋｉｎｓｔｌｅｒ等は、顆粒球コロニー刺激因子（Ｇ−ＣＳＦ）とヒトアルブミンをＰＥＧに結合させた融合蛋白質が増加した安定性を示すと報告した（Kinstler et al., Pharmaceutical Research 12(12): 1883-1888, 1995）。ところが、Ｇ−ＣＳＦ−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン構造を有する前記文献の修飾された薬物は、体内残留時間が天然型薬物を単独で投与した場合に比べて約４倍増加するに止まり、血中半減期の増加が微々であって、蛋白質薬物の効果的な持続性製剤として実用化されていない。   On the other hand, Kinstler et al. Reported that a fusion protein in which granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) and human albumin were bound to PEG showed increased stability (Kinstler et al., Pharmaceutical Research 12 (12): 1883-1888, 1995). However, the modified drug of the above-mentioned document having the G-CSF-PEG-albumin structure only increases the residual time in the body by about 4 times compared with the case where the natural drug is administered alone, and has a half-life in blood. The increase is insignificant, and it has not been put into practical use as an effective sustained preparation of protein drugs.

生理活性蛋白質の生体内安定性を高める別の方法として、遺伝子組み換えにより血中安定性の高い蛋白質遺伝子と生理活性蛋白質遺伝子を連結した後、前記組み換え遺伝子で形質転換された動物細胞などを培養して融合蛋白質を生産する方法が開発されている。例えば、現在まで蛋白質の安定性の増加に最も効果が高いものと知られているアルブミンまたはその断片を遺伝子組み換えによって目的の生理活性蛋白質に結合させて生産した融合蛋白質が報告されている（国際出願公開第ＷＯ９３／１５１９９号および第ＷＯ９３／１５２００号、ヨーロッパ特許公開第ＥＰ４１３，６２２号）。また、ヒューマンゲノムサイエンス(Human Genome Science)社が酵母で生産したインターフェロンアルファとアルブミンの融合蛋白質（製品名：AlbuferonTM）は、猿でインターフェロンの半減期を５時間から９３時間に増加させたが、修飾していないインターフェロンに比べて生体活性度が５％未満に著しく減少するという問題がある（Osborn et al., J. Phar. Exp. Ther. 303(2): 540-548, 2002）。 As another method for increasing the in vivo stability of a bioactive protein, after linking a highly stable blood protein gene and a bioactive protein gene by genetic recombination, animal cells transformed with the recombinant gene are cultured. Thus, methods for producing fusion proteins have been developed. For example, a fusion protein produced by binding albumin or a fragment thereof, which has been known to be most effective in increasing protein stability to date, to a target physiologically active protein by genetic recombination has been reported (international application) Publications WO 93/15199 and WO 93/15200, European patent publication EP 413,622). In addition, the fusion protein of interferon alpha and albumin (product name: Albuferon TM ) produced in yeast by Human Genome Science Inc. increased the half-life of interferon from 5 hours to 93 hours in monkeys. There is a problem that bioactivity is significantly reduced to less than 5% compared to unmodified interferon (Osborn et al., J. Phar. Exp. Ther. 303 (2): 540-548, 2002).

一方、遺伝子組み換え方法として、インターフェロン（大韓民国特許公開第２００３−９４６４号）、およびインターロイキン−４受容体、インターロイキン−７受容体または赤血球生成因子受容体（大韓民国特許登録第２４９５７２号）を免疫グロブリンのＦｃ断片と融合している形態で哺乳動物で発現させた。国際特許公開第ＷＯ０１／０３７３７号では、サイトカインまたは成長因子をペプチド結合によって免疫グロブリンのＦｃ断片に結合させた融合蛋白質を製造した。また、米国特許第５，１１６，９６４号では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域のアミノ末端またはカルボキシル末端に遺伝子組み換え方法によって融合させた蛋白質を開示しており、米国特許第５，３４９，０５３号では、ＩＬ−２を免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域にペプチド結合によって融合させた融合蛋白質を開示している。その他にも、遺伝子組み換えによって製造されたＦｃ融合蛋白質の例として、インターフェロン−βまたはその誘導体と免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域の融合蛋白質（国際特許公開第ＷＯ０／２３４７２号）、ＩＬ−５受容体と免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域の融合蛋白質（米国特許第５，７１２，１２１号）、インターフェロンアルファと免疫グロブリンＧ４のＦｃ領域の融合蛋白質（米国特許第５，７２３，１２５号）、およびＣＤ４蛋白質と免疫グロブリンＧ２のＦｃ領域の融合蛋白質（米国特許第６，４５１，３１３号）が開示されている。   On the other hand, as a genetic recombination method, interferon (Korea Patent Publication No. 2003-9464) and interleukin-4 receptor, interleukin-7 receptor or erythropoiesis factor receptor (Korea Patent Registration No. 249572) are used as immunoglobulins. And expressed in mammals in a form fused with the Fc fragment. In International Patent Publication No. WO 01/03737, a fusion protein was produced in which cytokines or growth factors were linked to Fc fragments of immunoglobulins by peptide bonds. US Pat. No. 5,116,964 discloses a protein fused to the amino terminus or carboxyl terminus of an immunoglobulin Fc region by a genetic recombination method. US Pat. No. 5,349,053 discloses IL -2 is fused to the immunoglobulin Fc region by a peptide bond. Other examples of Fc fusion proteins produced by genetic recombination include fusion proteins of interferon-β or a derivative thereof and an immunoglobulin Fc region (International Patent Publication No. WO0 / 23472), IL-5 receptor and immunoglobulin. Fc region fusion protein (US Pat. No. 5,712,121), interferon alpha and immunoglobulin G4 Fc region fusion protein (US Pat. No. 5,723,125), and CD4 protein and immunoglobulin G2 Fc Region fusion proteins (US Pat. No. 6,451,313) have been disclosed.

一方、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域のアミノ酸を変形させた技術も公知になっているが、米国特許第５，６０５，６９０号では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域で特に補体結合部位または受容体結合部位のアミノ酸を変形させたＦｃを用いて遺伝子組み換え法によって製造されたＴＮＦＲ−ＩｇＧ１ Ｆｃ融合蛋白質を開示しており、このように変形された免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域を用いた遺伝子組み換え方式の融合蛋白質の製造方法は、米国特許第６，２７７，３７５号、第６，４１０，００８号および第６，４４４，７９２号にも開示されている。   On the other hand, a technique in which an amino acid in an immunoglobulin Fc region is modified is also known. However, in US Pat. No. 5,605,690, an amino acid at a complement binding site or a receptor binding site in an immunoglobulin Fc region is particularly known. A TNFR-IgG1 Fc fusion protein produced by a genetic recombination method using a deformed Fc is disclosed, and a method for producing a fusion protein of a genetic recombination method using an immunoglobulin Fc region thus modified, U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,277,375, 6,410,008 and 6,444,792 are also disclosed.

このような遺伝子組み換え法によって生産されたＦｃ融合蛋白質は、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域の特定の部位、すなわちアミノ末端またはカルボキシル末端でのみ蛋白質融合が可能であり、主に同種二量体の形態でのみ発現される。糖鎖化蛋白質間の融合または非糖鎖化蛋白質間の融合のみが可能であって糖鎖化蛋白質と非糖鎖化蛋白質の融合は不可能であるという欠点がある。また、融合によって新たに発生したアミノ酸配列により免疫反応が誘発されるおそれがあるだけでなく、リンカー部位に対する蛋白質加水分解酵素の敏感性が増加するおそれがあるという問題点を持っている。   The Fc fusion protein produced by such a genetic recombination method can be fused only at a specific site of the immunoglobulin Fc region, that is, at the amino terminus or carboxyl terminus, and is mainly expressed only in the form of a homodimer. Is done. There is a disadvantage that only fusion between glycosylated proteins or fusion between non-glycosylated proteins is possible, and fusion between a glycosylated protein and a non-glycosylated protein is impossible. In addition, there is a problem that not only an immune reaction may be induced by the amino acid sequence newly generated by the fusion, but also the sensitivity of the protein hydrolase to the linker site may be increased.

国際特許公開第ＷＯ０１／９３９１１号International Patent Publication No. WO01 / 93911 国際特許公開第ＷＯ０３／００７７８号International Patent Publication No. WO03 / 00778 ヨーロッパ特許第０６８１４８１号European Patent No. 0681481 国際特許公開第ＷＯ０４／０６４７３１号International Patent Publication No. WO04 / 064731 米国特許第５，７３８，８４６号US Pat. No. 5,738,846 国際出願公開第ＷＯ９２／１６２２１号International Application Publication No. WO 92/16221 国際出願公開第ＷＯ９３／１５１９９号International Application Publication No. WO 93/15199 国際特許公開第ＷＯ９３／１５２００号International Patent Publication No. WO93 / 15200 ヨーロッパ特許公開第ＥＰ４１３，６２２号European Patent Publication No. EP413,622 大韓民国特許公開第２００３−９４６４号Korean Patent Publication No. 2003-9464 大韓民国特許登録第２４９５７２号Korean Patent Registration No. 249572 国際特許公開第ＷＯ０１／０３７３７号International Patent Publication No. WO01 / 03737 米国特許第５，１１６，９６４号US Pat. No. 5,116,964 米国特許第５，３４９，０５３号US Pat. No. 5,349,053 国際特許公開第ＷＯ０／２３４７２号International Patent Publication No. WO 0/23472 米国特許第５，７１２，１２１号US Pat. No. 5,712,121 米国特許第５，７２３，１２５号US Pat. No. 5,723,125 米国特許第６，４５１，３１３号US Pat. No. 6,451,313 米国特許第５，６０５，６９０号US Pat. No. 5,605,690 米国特許第６，２７７，３７５号US Pat. No. 6,277,375 米国特許第６，４１０，００８号US Pat. No. 6,410,008 米国特許第６，４４４，７９２号US Pat. No. 6,444,792

Sada et al., J. Fermentation Bioengineering 71: 137-139, 1991Sada et al., J. Fermentation Bioengineering 71: 137-139, 1991 Kinstler et al., Pharmaceutical Research 12(12): 1883-1888, 1995Kinstler et al., Pharmaceutical Research 12 (12): 1883-1888, 1995 Osborn et al., J. Phar. Exp. Ther. 303(2): 540-548, 2002Osborn et al., J. Phar. Exp. Ther. 303 (2): 540-548, 2002

このような背景の下に、本発明者は、ポリペプチド薬物を含んだ様々な薬物において生体内活性の減少は最小化または維持されるが、薬物の生体内安定性は増加させるための方法を研究し、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域を薬物と結合させて投与する場合、結合した薬物の生体内安定性は向上するが、生体内活性の減少は最小化されることを見出し、本発明を完成するに至った。   Against this background, the present inventors have devised a method for increasing the in vivo stability of drugs while minimizing or maintaining the decrease in in vivo activity in various drugs including polypeptide drugs. Research has shown that when the immunoglobulin Fc region is administered in combination with a drug, the in vivo stability of the bound drug is improved, but the decrease in in vivo activity is minimized, and the present invention is completed. It came.

本発明の一目的は、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域をキャリアとして含む薬剤学的組成物を提供することにある。   One object of the present invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition comprising an immunoglobulin Fc region as a carrier.

また、本発明の他の目的は、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域をキャリアとして含むことにより、薬物の生体内持続性を増加させる方法を提供することにある。   Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for increasing the in vivo persistence of a drug by including an immunoglobulin Fc region as a carrier.

本発明の使用方法は、薬物の生体内持続性を増加させるための薬剤を製造するときのキャリアとしての免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域の使用方法であって、該免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域を、非ペプチド性リンカーを媒介として、生理活性ポリペプチドと共有結合させ、該免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域と該生理活性ポリペプチドとの間の結合は、遺伝子組換えによる融合ではないことを特徴としている。   The method of use of the present invention is a method of using an immunoglobulin Fc region as a carrier when producing a drug for increasing the in vivo persistence of a drug, wherein the immunoglobulin Fc region is bound to a non-peptide linker. As a mediator, it is covalently bound to a physiologically active polypeptide, and the binding between the immunoglobulin Fc region and the physiologically active polypeptide is not a fusion by genetic recombination.

本発明の使用方法では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域が非糖鎖化されることが好ましい。   In the method of use of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region is preferably non-glycosylated.

本発明の使用方法では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域が、ＣＨ１、ＣＨ２、ＣＨ３およびＣＨ４ドメインよりなる群から選択される１〜４個のドメインから構成されることが好ましい。 In the method of use of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region is preferably composed of 1 to 4 domains selected from the group consisting of C H 1, C H 2, C H 3 and C H 4 domains.

本発明の使用方法では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域がヒンジ領域をさらに含むことが好ましい。   In the method of use of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region preferably further comprises a hinge region.

本発明の使用方法では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域が、ＩｇＧ、ＩｇＡ、ＩｇＤ、ＩｇＥ、ＩｇＭ、これらの組み合わせまたはこれらのハイブリッドのＦｃ領域よりなる群から選択されることが好ましい。   In the method of use of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region is preferably selected from the group consisting of Fc regions of IgG, IgA, IgD, IgE, IgM, combinations thereof or hybrids thereof.

本発明の使用方法では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域が、ＩｇＧ１、ＩｇＧ２、ＩｇＧ３、ＩｇＧ４、これらの組み合わせまたはこれらのハイブリッドのＦｃ領域よりなる群から選択されることが好ましい。   In the method of use of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region is preferably selected from the group consisting of IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, combinations thereof or hybrid Fc regions thereof.

本発明の使用方法では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域がＩｇＧ４ Ｆｃ領域であることが好ましい。   In the use method of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region is preferably an IgG4 Fc region.

本発明の使用方法では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域がヒト非糖鎖化ＩｇＧ４ Ｆｃ領域であることが好ましい。   In the use method of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region is preferably a human non-glycosylated IgG4 Fc region.

本発明の使用方法では、非ペプチド性リンカーは、ポリエチレングリコール、ポリプロピレングリコール、エチレングリコールとプロピレングリコールとの共重合体、ポリオオキシエチル化ポリオール、ポリビニルアルコール、多糖類、デキストラン、ポリビニルエーテル、生分解性高分子、脂質重合体、キチン類、およびヒアルロン酸、並びにこれらの組み合わせからなる群より選択されることが好ましい。   In the method of use of the present invention, the non-peptidic linker is polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, a copolymer of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, polyoxyethylated polyol, polyvinyl alcohol, polysaccharide, dextran, polyvinyl ether, biodegradable. It is preferably selected from the group consisting of polymers, lipid polymers, chitins, hyaluronic acid, and combinations thereof.

本発明の使用方法では、生理活性ポリペプチドが、ホルモン、サイトカイン、酵素、抗体、成長因子、転写調節因子、血液因子、ワクチン、構造蛋白質、リガンド蛋白質および受容体よりなる群から選択されることが好ましい。   In the method of use of the present invention, the bioactive polypeptide may be selected from the group consisting of hormones, cytokines, enzymes, antibodies, growth factors, transcriptional regulators, blood factors, vaccines, structural proteins, ligand proteins, and receptors. preferable.

本発明の使用方法では、生理活性ポリペプチドが、ヒト成長ホルモン、成長ホルモン放出ホルモン、成長ホルモン放出ペプチド、インターフェロン類、インターフェロン受容体類、コロニー刺激因子、グルカコン類似ペプチド類、Ｇ蛋白質共役型受容体、インターロイキン類、インターロイキン受容体類、酵素類、インターロイキン結合蛋白質類、サイトカイン結合蛋白質類、マクロファージ活性因子、マクロファージペプチド、Ｂ細胞因子、Ｔ細胞因子、プロテインＡ、アレルギー抑制因子、細胞壊死糖蛋白質、免疫毒素、リンポ毒素、腫瘍壊死因子、腫瘍抑制因子、転移成長因子、アルファ−１アンチトリプシン、アルブミン、α−ラクトアルブミン、アポリポ蛋白質−Ｅ、赤血球生成因子、高糖鎖化赤血球生成因子、アンジオポエチン類、ヘモグロビン、トロンビン、トロンビン受容体活性ペプチド、トロンボモジュリン、血液因子ＶＩＩ、ＶＩＩａ、ＶＩＩＩ、ＩＸ、ＸＩＩＩ、プラズミノゲン活性因子、フィブリン−結合ペプチド、ウロキナーゼ、ストレプトキナーゼ、ヒルジン、プロテインＣ、Ｃ−反応性蛋白質、レニン抑制剤、コラゲナーゼ抑制剤、スーパーオキシドジスムターゼ、レプチン、血小板由来成長因子、上皮細胞成長因子、表皮細胞成長因子、アンギオスタチン、アンギオテンシン、骨形成成長因子、骨形成促進蛋白質、カルシトニン、インスリン、アトリオペプチン、軟骨誘導因子、エルカトニン、結合組織活性因子、組織因子経路抑制剤、卵胞刺激ホルモン、黄体形成ホルモン、黄体形成ホルモン放出ホルモン、神経成長因子類、副甲状腺ホルモン、レラキシン、セクレチン、ソマトメジン、インスリン様成長因子、副腎皮質ホルモン、グルカゴン、コレシストキニン、膵臓ポリペプチド、ガストリン放出ペプチド、コルチコトロピン放出因子、甲状腺刺激ホルモン、オートタキシン、ラクトフェリン、ミオスタチン、受容体類、受容体拮抗物質、細胞表面抗原、ウイルス由来ワクチン抗原、モノクローナル抗体、ポリクローナル抗体よび抗体断片類よりなる群から選択されることが好ましい。   In the method of use of the present invention, the biologically active polypeptide is human growth hormone, growth hormone releasing hormone, growth hormone releasing peptide, interferon, interferon receptor, colony stimulating factor, glucacon-like peptide, G protein coupled receptor. , Interleukins, interleukin receptors, enzymes, interleukin binding proteins, cytokine binding proteins, macrophage activation factor, macrophage peptide, B cell factor, T cell factor, protein A, allergy inhibitory factor, cell necrosis sugar Protein, immunotoxin, lymphotoxin, tumor necrosis factor, tumor suppressor, metastasis growth factor, alpha-1 antitrypsin, albumin, α-lactalbumin, apolipoprotein-E, erythropoiesis factor, hyperglycosylated erythropoiesis factor, Angiopoietin Hemoglobin, thrombin, thrombin receptor active peptide, thrombomodulin, blood factor VII, VIIa, VIII, IX, XIII, plasminogen active factor, fibrin-binding peptide, urokinase, streptokinase, hirudin, protein C, C-reactive protein, Renin inhibitor, collagenase inhibitor, superoxide dismutase, leptin, platelet-derived growth factor, epidermal growth factor, epidermal growth factor, angiostatin, angiotensin, osteogenic growth factor, osteogenic protein, calcitonin, insulin, atriopepti Cartilage inducing factor, elcatonin, connective tissue activator, tissue factor pathway inhibitor, follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, luteinizing hormone releasing hormone, nerve growth factors, parathyroid hormone, Relaxin, secretin, somatomedin, insulin-like growth factor, corticosteroid, glucagon, cholecystokinin, pancreatic polypeptide, gastrin releasing peptide, corticotropin releasing factor, thyroid stimulating hormone, autotaxin, lactoferrin, myostatin, receptors, receptors It is preferably selected from the group consisting of antagonists, cell surface antigens, virus-derived vaccine antigens, monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies and antibody fragments.

本発明の使用方法では、生理活性ポリペプチドが、ヒト成長ホルモン、コロニー刺激因子、インターフェロン−アルファ、ヒト赤血球生成因子およびＦａｂ’抗体断片よりなる群から選択されることが好ましい。   In the method of use of the present invention, the bioactive polypeptide is preferably selected from the group consisting of human growth hormone, colony stimulating factor, interferon-alpha, human erythropoiesis factor and Fab 'antibody fragment.

本発明の使用方法では、非ペプチド性リンカーが、ポリエチレングリコール（ＰＥＧ）であることが好ましい。   In the method of use of the present invention, the non-peptidic linker is preferably polyethylene glycol (PEG).

免疫グロブリンをパパインで切断して得た免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域をクロマトグラフィで精製した結果である。It is the result of purifying the immunoglobulin Fc region obtained by cleaving immunoglobulin with papain by chromatography. 精製された免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域をＳＤＳ−ＰＡＧＥで分析した結果である。It is the result of having analyzed the purified immunoglobulin Fc region by SDS-PAGE. カップリング反応後に生成されたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ（Ａ）、１７Ｓｅｒ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ（Ｂ）およびＥＰＯ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ（Ｃ）結合体をＳＤＳ−ＰＡＧＥで分析した結果である。It is the result of having analyzed IFNα-PEG-Fc (A), 17 Ser-G-CSF-PEG-Fc (B) and EPO-PEG-Fc (C) conjugates produced after the coupling reaction by SDS-PAGE. . カップリング反応後に精製されたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体をサイズ排除クロマトグラフィで分析した結果である。It is the result of having analyzed the IFNα-PEG-Fc conjugate purified after the coupling reaction by size exclusion chromatography. ＥＰＯ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体をＭＡＬＤＩ−ＴＯＦ質量分析器で分析した結果である。It is the result of having analyzed the EPO-PEG-Fc conjugate | bonding with the MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer. 天然型免疫グロブリンＦｃと脱糖鎖化免疫グロブリンＦｃ（deglycosylated Fc：ＤＧ Ｆｃ）のＭＡＬＤＩ−ＴＯＦ質量分析器およびＳＤＳ−ＰＡＧＥで分析した結果である。It is the result of having analyzed by natural-type immunoglobulin Fc and deglycosylated immunoglobulin Fc (deglycosylated Fc: DG Fc) with a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer and SDS-PAGE. 天然型免疫グロブリンＦｃと脱糖鎖化免疫グロブリンＦｃ（deglycosylated Fc：ＤＧ Ｆｃ）のＭＡＬＤＩ−ＴＯＦ質量分析器およびＳＤＳ−ＰＡＧＥで分析した結果である。It is the result of having analyzed by natural-type immunoglobulin Fc and deglycosylated immunoglobulin Fc (deglycosylated Fc: DG Fc) with a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer and SDS-PAGE. ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体およびＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ結合体をＭＡＬＤＩ−ＴＯＦ質量分析器で分析した結果である。It is the result of having analyzed the IFNα-PEG-Fc conjugate and the IFNα-PEG-DG Fc conjugate with a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer. ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ ＦｃおよびＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−組み換えＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体結合体を逆相ＨＰＬＣで分析した結果である。It is the result of having analyzed IFN (alpha) -PEG-Fc conjugate, IFN (alpha) -PEG-DG Fc, and IFN (alpha) -PEG-recombinant AG Fc derivative conjugate by reverse phase HPLC. ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ ＦｃおよびＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−組み換えＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体結合体を逆相ＨＰＬＣで分析した結果である。It is the result of having analyzed IFN (alpha) -PEG-Fc conjugate, IFN (alpha) -PEG-DG Fc, and IFN (alpha) -PEG-recombinant AG Fc derivative conjugate by reverse phase HPLC. ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ ＦｃおよびＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−組み換えＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体結合体を逆相ＨＰＬＣで分析した結果である。It is the result of having analyzed IFN (alpha) -PEG-Fc conjugate, IFN (alpha) -PEG-DG Fc, and IFN (alpha) -PEG-recombinant AG Fc derivative conjugate by reverse phase HPLC. 天然型ＩＦＮα、ＩＦＮα−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン結合体およびＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体の薬物動態解析グラフである。It is a pharmacokinetic analysis graph of natural type IFNα, IFNα-40K PEG, IFNα-PEG-albumin conjugate and IFNα-PEG-Fc conjugate. 天然型ＥＰＯ、高糖鎖化ＥＰＯ、ＥＰＯ−ＰＥＧ−ＦｃおよびＥＰＯ−ＰＥＧ−ＡＧ Ｆｃ結合体の薬物動態を分析したグラフである。It is the graph which analyzed the pharmacokinetics of natural type EPO, hyperglycosylated EPO, EPO-PEG-Fc, and an EPO-PEG-AG Fc conjugate. ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ ＦｃおよびＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−組み換えＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体結合体の薬物動態を分析したグラフである。FIG. 6 is a graph analyzing the pharmacokinetics of IFNα-PEG-Fc conjugate, IFNα-PEG-DG Fc and IFNα-PEG-recombinant AG Fc derivative conjugate. Ｆａｂ’、Ｆａｂ’−Ｓ−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ連結体、Ｆａｂ’−Ｎ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ結合体およびＦａｂ’−Ｓ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ結合体の薬物動態を分析したグラフである。It is the graph which analyzed the pharmacokinetics of Fab ', Fab'-S-40K PEG conjugate, Fab'-N-PEG-N-Fc conjugate, and Fab'-S-PEG-N-Fc conjugate. Ｆａｂ’、Ｆａｂ’−Ｓ−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ連結体、Ｆａｂ’−Ｎ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ結合体およびＦａｂ’−Ｓ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ結合体の細胞内活性を分析したグラフである。It is the graph which analyzed the intracellular activity of Fab ', Fab'-S-40K PEG conjugate, Fab'-N-PEG-N-Fc conjugate, and Fab'-S-PEG-N-Fc conjugate. ヒトＩｇＧサブクラスにおける補体Ｃｌｑの結合活性を比較分析したグラフである。It is the graph which compared and analyzed the binding activity of complement Clq in a human IgG subclass. 糖鎖化Ｆｃ、酵素を用いて糖を除去したＤＧ Ｆｃ、および大腸菌で生産したＡＧ Ｆｃをキャリアとして用いたインターフェロン−ＰＥＧ−キャリア結合体における補体Ｃｌｑの結合活性を比較分析したグラフである。It is the graph which compared and analyzed the binding activity of the complement Clq in the interferon-PEG-carrier conjugate | bonded_body using glycated Fc, DG Fc which removed the sugar using the enzyme, and AG Fc produced in E. coli as a carrier.

一つの様態として、本発明は、免疫グロブリンＦｃをキャリアとして含む薬剤学的組成物に関するものである。   In one aspect, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising immunoglobulin Fc as a carrier.

本発明において、「キャリア」とは、薬物と共に結合する物質を意味する。一般に、薬物にキャリアを結合させた結合体の場合、薬物の生理活性を増減または除去するが、本発明の目的上、キャリアは、結合する薬物の生理活性の減少を最小化し且つ薬物の生体内安定性を増加させるためのものである。   In the present invention, “carrier” means a substance that binds with a drug. In general, in the case of a conjugate in which a carrier is bound to a drug, the physiological activity of the drug is increased or decreased, but for the purposes of the present invention, the carrier minimizes the decrease in the physiological activity of the drug to be bound and This is to increase the stability.

このような目的を達成するために、本発明では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域をキャリアとして使用することを特徴とする。   In order to achieve such an object, the present invention is characterized by using an immunoglobulin Fc region as a carrier.

免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域は、生体内で代謝される生分解性のポリペプチドなので、薬物のキャリアとして使用するには安全である。また、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域は、免疫グロブリン全体分子に比べて相対的に分子量が少ないため、結合体の製造、精製および収率の面で有利であるうえ、アミノ酸配列が抗体ごとに異なるため、高い非均質性を示すＦａｂ部分が除去されるから、物質の同質性が大きく増加し、血中抗原性の誘発可能性も低くなる効果も期待することができる。   Since the immunoglobulin Fc region is a biodegradable polypeptide that is metabolized in vivo, it is safe to use as a drug carrier. In addition, the immunoglobulin Fc region has a relatively small molecular weight compared to the whole immunoglobulin molecule, which is advantageous in terms of production, purification, and yield of the conjugate, and also has a high amino acid sequence for each antibody. Since the Fab portion showing non-homogeneity is removed, the homogeneity of the substance is greatly increased, and the effect of reducing the possibility of inducing blood antigenicity can also be expected.

本発明において、「免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域」は、免疫グロブリンの重鎖と軽鎖可変領域、重鎖不変領域１（ＣＨ１）と軽鎖不変領域１（ＣＬ１）を除いた、重鎖不変領域２（ＣＨ２）および重鎖不変領域３（ＣＨ３）部分を意味し、重鎖不変領域にヒンジ(hinge)部分を含むこともある。また、本発明の免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域は、天然型と実質的に同等あるいはより向上した効果を持つ限り、免疫グロブリンの重鎖と軽鎖可変領域のみを除き、一部または全体重鎖不変領域１（ＣＨ１）および／または軽鎖不変領域１（ＣＬ１）を含んだ、拡張されたＦｃ領域であり、あるいはＣＨ２および／またはＣＨ３に該当する相当長い一部のアミノ酸配列が除去された領域である。すなわち、本発明の免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域は、１）ＣＨ１ドメイン、ＣＨ２ドメイン、ＣＨ３ドメインおよびＣＨ４ドメイン、２）ＣＨ１ドメインおよびＣＨ２ドメイン、３）ＣＨ１ドメインおよびＣＨ３ドメイン、４）ＣＨ２ドメインおよびＣＨ３ドメイン、５）１つまたは２つ以上のドメインと免疫グロブリンヒンジ領域（またはヒンジ領域の一部）との組み合わせ、６）重鎖不変領域の各ドメインと軽鎖不変領域の二量体であってもよい。 In the present invention, the “immunoglobulin Fc region” refers to a heavy chain excluding an immunoglobulin heavy chain and light chain variable region, heavy chain constant region 1 (C H 1) and light chain constant region 1 (C L 1). It means the constant region 2 (C H 2) and heavy chain constant region 3 (C H 3) portions, and the heavy chain constant region may include a hinge portion. In addition, the immunoglobulin Fc region of the present invention, except for the immunoglobulin heavy chain and light chain variable region, may be partially or entirely heavy chain invariant region 1 as long as it has substantially the same or improved effect as the natural type. An extended Fc region comprising (C H 1) and / or light chain constant region 1 (C L 1), or a substantially long partial amino acid sequence corresponding to C H 2 and / or C H 3 Is a region where is removed. That is, the immunoglobulin Fc region of the present invention includes 1) C H 1 domain, C H 2 domain, C H 3 domain and C H 4 domain, 2) C H 1 domain and C H 2 domain, and 3) C H 1 Domains and C H 3 domains, 4) C H 2 domains and C H 3 domains, 5) a combination of one or more domains and an immunoglobulin hinge region (or part of a hinge region), 6) heavy chain It may be a dimer of each domain of the constant region and the light chain constant region.

また、本発明の免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域は、天然型アミノ酸配列だけでなく、この配列誘導体(mutant)も含む。アミノ酸配列誘導体とは、天然アミノ酸配列中の一つ以上のアミノ酸残基が欠失、挿入、非保全的または保全的置換、またはこれらの組み合わせによって相異なる配列を持つものを意味する。例えば、ＩｇＧ Ｆｃの場合、結合に重要であると知られている２１４〜２３８、２９７〜２９９、３１８〜３２２または３２７〜３３１番のアミノ酸残基が変形のために適当な部位として利用できる。また、ジスルフィド結合を形成することが可能な部位が除去されるか、あるいは天然型ＦｃからＮ末端の幾つかのアミノ酸が除去されるか、あるいは天然型ＦｃのＮ末端にメチオニン残基が付加されることもあるなど様々な種類の誘導体が可能である。また、エフェクター機能を無くすために、補体結合部位、例えばＣｌｑ結合部位またはＡＤＣＣ部位が除去されることがある。このような免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域の配列誘導体を製造する技術は、国際特許公開第ＷＯ９７／３４６３１号、国際特許公開第ＷＯ９６／３２４７８号などに開示されている。   Further, the immunoglobulin Fc region of the present invention includes not only the natural amino acid sequence but also this sequence derivative (mutant). An amino acid sequence derivative means one or more amino acid residues in a natural amino acid sequence having different sequences by deletion, insertion, non-conservative or conservative substitution, or a combination thereof. For example, in the case of IgG Fc, amino acid residues 214 to 238, 297 to 299, 318 to 322, or 327 to 331, which are known to be important for binding, can be used as an appropriate site for modification. In addition, a site capable of forming a disulfide bond is removed, or some amino acids at the N-terminus are removed from the natural Fc, or a methionine residue is added to the N-terminus of the natural Fc. Various types of derivatives are possible. Also, complement binding sites, such as Clq binding sites or ADCC sites, may be removed to eliminate effector functions. Techniques for producing such a sequence derivative of an immunoglobulin Fc region are disclosed in International Patent Publication No. WO 97/34631, International Patent Publication No. WO 96/32478, and the like.

分子の活性を全体的に変更させない蛋白質およびペプチドにおけるアミノ酸交換は、当該分野に公知となっている（H. Neurath, R. L. Hill, The Proteins, Academic Press, New York, 1979）。最も通常的に起こる交換は、アミノ酸残基Ａｌａ／Ｓｅｒ、Ｖａｌ／Ｉｌｅ、Ａｓｐ／Ｇｌｕ、Ｔｈｒ／Ｓｅｒ、Ａｌａ／Ｇｌｙ、Ａｌａ／Ｔｈｒ、Ｓｅｒ／Ａｓｎ、Ａｌａ／Ｖａｌ、Ｓｅｒ／Ｇｌｙ、Ｔｈｙ／Ｐｈｅ、Ａｌａ／Ｐｒｏ、Ｌｙｓ／Ａｒｇ、Ａｓｐ／Ａｓｎ、Ｌｅｕ／Ｉｌｅ、Ｌｅｕ／Ｖａｌ、Ａｌａ／Ｇｌｕ、Ａｓｐ／Ｇｌｙ間の交換である。   Amino acid exchange in proteins and peptides that do not alter the overall activity of the molecule is known in the art (H. Neurath, R. L. Hill, The Proteins, Academic Press, New York, 1979). The most commonly occurring exchanges are the amino acid residues Ala / Ser, Val / Ile, Asp / Glu, Thr / Ser, Ala / Gly, Ala / Thr, Ser / Asn, Ala / Val, Ser / Gly, Thy / Phe. , Ala / Pro, Lys / Arg, Asp / Asn, Leu / Ile, Leu / Val, Ala / Glu, Asp / Gly.

場合によっては、リン酸化(phosphorylation)、硫化(sulfation)、アクリル化(acrylation)、糖化(glycosylation)、メチル化(methylation)、ファルネシル化(farnesylation)、アセチル化(acetylation)、アミド化(amidation)などで修飾(modification)されることもできる。   Depending on the case, phosphorylation, sulfation, acrylation, glycation, glycosylation, methylation, farnesylation, acetylation, amidation, etc. It can also be modified with

前述したＦｃ誘導体は、本発明のＦｃ領域と同一の生物学的活性を示すが、熱やｐＨなどに対するＦｃ領域の構造的安定性を増大させた誘導体である。   The Fc derivative described above is a derivative that exhibits the same biological activity as the Fc region of the present invention, but increases the structural stability of the Fc region against heat, pH, and the like.

また、このようなＦｃ領域は、ヒトおよび牛、山羊、豚、マウス、ウサギ、ハムスター、ラット、モルモットなどの動物の生体内から分離して得られた天然型であり、あるいは形質転換された動物細胞または微生物から得られた組み換え型またはその誘導体である。ここで、天然型から得る方法では、全体免疫グロブリンをヒトまたは動物の生体から分離した後、蛋白質分解酵素を処理して得ることができる。パパインを処理する場合にはＦａｂおよびＦｃに切断され、ペプシンを処理する場合にはｐＦ’ｃおよびＦ（ａｂ’）２に切断される。これらの断片からサイズ排除クロマトグラフィ(size-exclusion chromatography)などを用いてＦｃまたはｐＦ’ｃを分離することができる。   In addition, such Fc region is a natural type obtained by isolating humans and animals such as cows, goats, pigs, mice, rabbits, hamsters, rats, guinea pigs, etc., or transformed animals. A recombinant form or derivative thereof obtained from cells or microorganisms. Here, in the method obtained from the natural type, the whole immunoglobulin can be obtained from a human or animal body and then treated with a proteolytic enzyme. When papain is treated, it is cleaved into Fab and Fc, and when pepsin is treated, it is cleaved into pF'c and F (ab ') 2. Fc or pF′c can be separated from these fragments using size-exclusion chromatography or the like.

好ましくは、ヒト由来のＦｃ領域は微生物から収得した組み換え型免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域である。   Preferably, the human-derived Fc region is a recombinant immunoglobulin Fc region obtained from a microorganism.

また、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域は、天然型糖鎖、天然型に比べて増加した糖鎖、天然型に比べて減少した糖鎖、または糖鎖が除去された形態である。このような免疫グロブリンＦｃの糖鎖の増減または除去には、化学的方法、酵素学的方法および微生物を用いた遺伝工学的方法などの通常の方法が利用できる。ここで、Ｆｃから糖鎖が除去された免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域は、補体（Ｃｌｑ）の結合力が著しく低下し、抗体依存性細胞毒性または補体依存性細胞毒性が減少または除去されるので、生体内で不要な免疫反応を誘発しない。このような点において、薬物のキャリアとしての本来の目的にさらに符合する形態は、脱糖鎖化免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域、または非糖鎖化免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域である。   The immunoglobulin Fc region is a natural sugar chain, an increased sugar chain compared to the natural type, a reduced sugar chain compared to the natural type, or a form in which the sugar chain is removed. For the increase / decrease or removal of the sugar chain of immunoglobulin Fc, usual methods such as chemical methods, enzymological methods and genetic engineering methods using microorganisms can be used. Here, the immunoglobulin Fc region from which the sugar chain has been removed from Fc has a significantly reduced complement (Clq) binding ability, and antibody-dependent cytotoxicity or complement-dependent cytotoxicity is reduced or eliminated. Does not elicit unwanted immune responses in vivo. In this respect, a form that further matches the original purpose as a drug carrier is a deglycosylated immunoglobulin Fc region or a non-glycosylated immunoglobulin Fc region.

本発明において、「脱糖鎖化(Deglycosylation)」はＦｃ領域から酵素によって糖を除去することを意味し、「非糖鎖化(Aglycosylation)」はＦｃ領域を糖鎖化されていない形態で原核細胞、好ましくは大腸菌で生産することを意味する。   In the present invention, “Deglycosylation” means that a sugar is removed from an Fc region by an enzyme, and “Aglycosylation” means that the Fc region is not glycosylated in a prokaryotic form. It means production in cells, preferably E. coli.

一方、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域は、ヒト起源または牛、山羊、豚、マウス、ウサギ、ハムスター、ラット、モルモットなどの動物起源であり、好ましくはヒト起源である。また、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域は、ＩｇＧ、ＩｇＡ、ＩｇＤ、ＩｇＥ、ＩｇＭ由来またはこれらの組み合わせ(combination)またはこれらの混成(hybrid)によるＦｃ領域である。好ましくは、ヒトの血液に最も豊富なＩｇＧまたはＩｇＭ由来であり、最も好ましくは、リガンド結合蛋白質の半減期を向上させるものと公知になっているＩｇＧ由来である。   On the other hand, the immunoglobulin Fc region is of human origin or animal origin such as cow, goat, pig, mouse, rabbit, hamster, rat, guinea pig, preferably human origin. The immunoglobulin Fc region is an Fc region derived from IgG, IgA, IgD, IgE, IgM, a combination thereof, or a hybrid thereof. Preferably, it is derived from IgG or IgM, which is most abundant in human blood, and most preferably from IgG known to improve the half-life of ligand binding proteins.

一方、本発明において、「組み合わせ(combination)」とは、二量体または多量体を形成するとき、同一起源の単鎖免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域を暗号化するポリペプチドが相異なる起源の単鎖ポリペプチドと結合を形成することを意味する。すなわち、ＩｇＧ Ｆｃ、ＩｇＡ Ｆｃ、ＩｇＭ Ｆｃ、ＩｇＤ ＦｃおよびＩｇＥ Ｆｃ断片よりなる群から選択された２つ以上の断片から二量体または多量体の製造が可能である。   On the other hand, in the present invention, “combination” means a single-chain polypeptide of different origin that encodes a single-chain immunoglobulin Fc region of the same origin when forming a dimer or multimer. Means to form a bond with. That is, a dimer or multimer can be produced from two or more fragments selected from the group consisting of IgG Fc, IgA Fc, IgM Fc, IgD Fc and IgE Fc fragment.

本発明において、「ハイブリッド(hybrid)」とは、単鎖の免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域内に、２つ以上の相異なる起源の免疫グロブリンＦｃ断片に該当する配列が存在することを意味する用語である。本発明の場合、様々な形態のハイブリッドが可能である。すなわち、ＩｇＧ Ｆｃ、ＩｇＭ Ｆｃ、ＩｇＡ Ｆｃ、ＩｇＥ ＦｃおよびＩｇＤ ＦｃのＣＨ１、ＣＨ２、ＣＨ３およびＣＨ４よりなる群から選択された１〜４つのドメインからなるドメインのハイブリッドが可能であり、ヒンジを含むことができる。 In the present invention, the term “hybrid” is a term that means that sequences corresponding to two or more immunoglobulin Fc fragments of different origins exist in a single-chain immunoglobulin Fc region. In the present invention, various forms of hybrids are possible. That, IgG Fc, IgM Fc, IgA Fc, hybrid of C H 1, C H 2, C H 3 and C H consists from one to four domains selected from the group consisting of 4 domains of IgE Fc and IgD Fc Yes, it can include a hinge.

一方、ＩｇＧもＩｇＧ１、ＩｇＧ２、ＩｇＧ３およびＩｇＧ４のサブクラスに分けられるが、本発明では、これらの組み合わせおよびこれらのハイブリッドも含む。好ましくは、ＩｇＧ２およびＩｇＧ４サブクラスであり、最も好ましくは、補体依存性細胞毒性（ＣＤＣ、Complement-dependent cytotoxicity）のようなエフェクター機能が殆どないＩｇＧ４のＦｃ領域である（図１４および図１５参照）。   On the other hand, IgG is also divided into IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, and IgG4 subclasses, but the present invention includes combinations and hybrids thereof. Preferred are IgG2 and IgG4 subclasses, and most preferred is an Fc region of IgG4 having almost no effector function such as complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) (see FIGS. 14 and 15). .

すなわち、最も好ましい本発明の薬物のキャリア用免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域は、ヒトＩｇＧ４由来の非糖鎖化Ｆｃ領域である。ヒト由来のＦｃ領域は、ヒトの生体で抗原として作用し、これに対する新しい抗体を生成するなどの好ましくない免疫反応を起こすおそれのある非ヒト由来のＦｃ領域に比べて好ましい。   That is, the most preferred immunoglobulin Fc region for a carrier of the drug of the present invention is a non-glycosylated Fc region derived from human IgG4. A human-derived Fc region is preferable to a non-human-derived Fc region that acts as an antigen in a human living body and may cause an undesirable immune response such as generation of a new antibody against the antigen.

前記免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域は、任意の薬物と連結されて結合体を形成する。   The immunoglobulin Fc region is linked to any drug to form a conjugate.

本発明において、「薬物結合体」または「結合体」は、一つ以上の薬物が一つ以上の免疫グロブリンＦｃとお互い連結されているものを意味する。   In the present invention, “drug conjugate” or “conjugate” means one or more drugs linked to one or more immunoglobulin Fc.

本発明において、「薬物」は、ヒトまたは動物に投与される場合、治療的活性を示す物質を意味し、ポリペプチド、化合物、抽出物、ヘキサンなどを含むが、これに制限されない。薬物は、好ましくはポリペプチド薬物である。   In the present invention, “drug” means a substance exhibiting therapeutic activity when administered to a human or animal, and includes, but is not limited to, a polypeptide, a compound, an extract, hexane and the like. The drug is preferably a polypeptide drug.

本発明において、「生理活性ポリペプチド薬物」、「ポリペプチド薬物」および「蛋白質薬物」は同一の意味で使われており、生体内で様々な生理的現象に拮抗作用を示す生理活性型であることを特徴とする。   In the present invention, “physiologically active polypeptide drug”, “polypeptide drug” and “protein drug” are used in the same meaning, and are physiologically active forms that antagonize various physiological phenomena in vivo. It is characterized by that.

このようなポリペプチド薬物は、変性し易い、あるいは生体内に存在する蛋白質分解酵素によってよく分解されるといった理由で長時間にわたって生理学的活性を持続することができないという欠点がある。しかし、本発明の免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域とポリペプチドを結合させた結合体の場合、薬物の構造的安定性が増加し、分解半減期が増加する。ところが、Ｆｃ領域の結合によるポリペプチドの生理学的活性の減少は、その他公知となっている他のポリペプチド薬物製剤に比べて非常に軽微であるといえる。したがって、既存のポリペプチド薬物の生体内利用率に比べて本発明のポリペプチドおよび免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域の結合体は、生体内利用率が著しく増加したことを特徴とする。これは、下記本発明の実施例によっても開示されているところ、本発明の免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域が結合したＩＦＮα、Ｇ−ＣＳＦ、ｈＧＨなどが、ＰＥＧのみが結合しあるいはＰＥＧとアルブミンが結合した既存の製剤に比べて約２〜６倍程度増加したことを確認することができる（表８、表９および表１０）。   Such polypeptide drugs have the disadvantage that they cannot sustain physiological activity for a long time because they are easily denatured or are often degraded by proteolytic enzymes present in the living body. However, in the case of a conjugate in which the immunoglobulin Fc region of the present invention is bound to a polypeptide, the structural stability of the drug is increased and the degradation half-life is increased. However, it can be said that the decrease in the physiological activity of the polypeptide due to the binding of the Fc region is very small compared to other known polypeptide drug formulations. Therefore, compared to the bioavailability of existing polypeptide drugs, the conjugate of the polypeptide of the present invention and the immunoglobulin Fc region is characterized by a marked increase in bioavailability. This is also disclosed in the following examples of the present invention, where IFNα, G-CSF, hGH, etc. to which the immunoglobulin Fc region of the present invention is bound are bound to PEG alone or PEG and albumin are bound. It can be confirmed that there was an increase of about 2 to 6 times compared to the formulation of Tables 8, 9 and 10.

一方、本発明の免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域と蛋白質の結合は、従来の組み換え的な方法による融合ではないことを特徴とする。免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域と薬物として用いられる活性ポリペプチドが組み換え的な方法によって融合している形態は、Ｆｃ領域のＮ末端またはＣ末端にポリペプチドがペプチド結合で連結された形態であって、これをコードする核酸配列において一つのポリペプチドとして発現されてフォールドされる。   On the other hand, the binding between the immunoglobulin Fc region of the present invention and the protein is not fusion by a conventional recombinant method. The form in which the immunoglobulin Fc region and the active polypeptide used as a drug are fused by a recombinant method is a form in which the polypeptide is linked to the N-terminus or C-terminus of the Fc region by a peptide bond. It is expressed and folded as a single polypeptide in the encoding nucleic acid sequence.

蛋白質の生理学的機能体としての活性が構造によって決定されるという点に基づくとき、これは融合蛋白質活性の急激な減少をもたらす。したがって、ポリペプチド薬物がＦｃと組み換え的な方法によって融合する場合、構造的安定性が増加したとしても、生体内利用率の面で効果がない。また、このような融合蛋白質は、ミスフォールド(misfolding)されて凝集体の形態で発現される傾向があるので、蛋白質の製造、分離の収率面で不経済である。また、活性型ポリペプチドが糖鎖化された形態の場合、真核細胞で発現させなければならず、このような場合、Ｆｃも糖鎖化されるので、生体内で不適切な免疫反応を引き起こすおそれもある。   Based on the fact that the activity of a protein as a physiological function is determined by structure, this results in a rapid decrease in fusion protein activity. Therefore, when a polypeptide drug is fused with Fc by a recombinant method, even if the structural stability is increased, there is no effect in terms of bioavailability. Also, such fusion proteins tend to be misfolded and expressed in the form of aggregates, which is uneconomical in terms of protein production and separation yield. In addition, when the activated polypeptide is in a glycosylated form, it must be expressed in a eukaryotic cell. In such a case, Fc is also glycosylated, so that an inappropriate immune reaction is caused in vivo. There is also a risk.

すなわち、本発明によってこそ始めて、糖鎖化された活性型ポリペプチドを非糖鎖化された免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域に連結させた結合体が可能となり、最上のシステムでそれぞれが製造、分離されるので、蛋白質獲得の収率を高めることができるなど、前記の問題点を全て克服することができる。   That is, for the first time by the present invention, a conjugate in which a glycosylated active polypeptide is linked to a non-glycosylated immunoglobulin Fc region is possible, and each is produced and separated in the best system. All the above problems can be overcome, such as the yield of protein acquisition can be increased.

本発明の免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域に連結可能な蛋白質薬物の例としては、ヒト成長ホルモン、成長ホルモン放出ホルモン、成長ホルモン放出ペプチド、インターフェロン類とインターフェロン受容体類（例えば、インターフェロン−α、−βおよび−γ、水溶性タイプＩインターフェロン受容体など）、顆粒球コロニー刺激因子（Ｇ−ＣＳＦ）、顆粒球マクロファージコロニー刺激因子（ＧＭ−ＣＳＦ）、グルカコン様ペプチド類（ＧＬＰ−１など）、Ｇ蛋白質共役型受容体(G-protein-coupled receptor)、インターロイキン類（例えば、インターロイキン−１、−２、−３、−４、−５、−６、−７、−８、−９、−１０、−１１、−１２、−１３、−１４、−１５、−１６、−１７、−１８、−１９、−２０、−２１、−２２、−２３、−２４、−２５、−２６、−２７、−２８、−２９、−３０など）とインターロイキン受容体類（例えば、ＩＬ−１受容体、ＩＬ−４受容体など）、酵素類（例えば、グルコセレブロシダーゼ(glucocerebrosidase)、イズロネート−２−スルファターゼ(iduronate-2-sulfatase)、α−ガラクトシダーゼ−Ａ(alpha-galactosidase-A)、アガルシダーゼα(agalsidase alpha)、アガルシダーゼβ、α−Ｌ−イズロニダーゼ(alpha-L-iduronidase)、ブチリルコリンエステラーゼ(butyrylcholinesterase)、キチナーゼ(chitinase)、グルタミン酸デカルボキシラーゼ(glutamate decarboxylase)、イミグルセラーゼ(imiglucerase)、リパーゼ(lipase)、 ウリカーゼ(uricase)、血小板−活性因子アセチルハイドロラーゼ(platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase)、中性エンドペプチダーゼ(neutral endopeptidase)、ミエロペルオキシダーゼ(myeloperoxidase)など）、インターロイキンおよびサイトカイン結合蛋白質類（例えば、ＩＬ−１８ｂｐ、ＴＮＦ−結合蛋白質など）、マクロファージ活性因子、マクロファージペプチド、Ｂ細胞因子、Ｔ細胞因子、プロテインＡ、アレルギー抑制因子、細胞壊死糖蛋白質、免疫毒素、リンポ毒素、腫瘍壊死因子、腫瘍抑制因子、転移成長因子、アルファ−１アンチトリプシン、アルブミン、α−ラクトアルブミン(alpha-lactalbumin)、アポリポ蛋白質−Ｅ、赤血球生成因子、高糖鎖化赤血球生成因子、アンジオポエチン類(angiopoietin)、ヘモグロビン、トロンビン(thrombin)、トロンビン受容体活性ペプチド、トロンボモジュリン(thrombomodulin)、血液因子ＶＩＩ、血液因子ＶＩＩａ、血液因子ＶＩＩＩ、血液因子ＩＸ、血液因子ＸＩＩＩ、プラズミノゲン活性因子、フィブリン−結合ペプチド、ウロキナーゼ、ストレプトキナーゼ、ヒルジン(hirudin)、プロテインＣ、Ｃ−反応性蛋白質、レニン抑制剤、コラゲナーゼ抑制剤、スーパーオキシドジスムターゼ、レプチン、血小板由来成長因子、上皮細胞成長因子、表皮細胞成長因子、アンギオスタチン(angiostatin)、アンギオテンシン(angiotensin)、骨形成成長因子、骨形成促進蛋白質、カルシトニン、インスリン、アトリオペプチン、軟骨誘導因子、エルカトニン(elcatonin)、結合組織活性因子、組織因子経路抑制剤(tissue factor pathway inhibitor)、卵胞刺激ホルモン、黄体形成ホルモン、黄体形成ホルモン放出ホルモン、神経成長因子類（例えば、神経成長因子、毛様体神経栄養因子(cilliary neurotrophic factor)、アキソジェネシス因子−１(axogenesis factor-1)、脳−ナトリウム利尿ペプチド(brain-natriuretic peptide)、神経膠由来神経栄養因子(glial derived neurotrophic factor)、ネトリン(netrin)、好中球抑制因子(neurophil inhibitor factor)、神経栄養因子、ニューチュリン(neuturin)など)、 副甲状腺ホルモン、レラキシン、セクレチン、ソマトメジン、インスリン様成長因子、副腎皮質ホルモン、グルカゴン、コレシストキニン、膵臓ポリペプチド、ガストリン放出ペプチド、コルチコトロピン放出因子、甲状腺刺激ホルモン、オートタキシン(autotaxin)、ラクトフェリン(lactoferrin)、ミオスタチン(myostatin)、受容体類（例えば、ＴＮＦＲ（Ｐ７５）、ＴＮＦＲ（Ｐ５５）、ＩＬ−１受容体、ＶＥＧＦ受容体、Ｂ細胞活性因子受容体など）、受容体拮抗物質（例えば、ＩＬ１−Ｒａなど）、細胞表面抗原（例えば、ＣＤ２、３、４、５、７、１１ａ、１１ｂ、１８、１９、２０、２３、２５、３３、４０、４５、６９など）、ウイルスワクチン抗原、モノクローナル抗体、ポリクローナル抗体、抗体断片類（例えば、ｓｃＦｖ、Ｆａｂ、Ｆａｂ’、Ｆ（ａｂ’）２およびＦｄ）、ウイルス由来ワクチン抗原など様々な種類を含み、前記例示された種類に限定されない。抗体断片は、特定の抗原に結合することが可能な能力をもったＦａｂ、Ｆａｂ’、Ｆ（ａｂ’）２、ＦｄまたはｓｃＦｖであり、好ましくはＦａｂ’である。Ｆａｂ断片は、軽鎖の可変ドメイン（ＶＬ）および不変ドメイン（ＣＬ）と重鎖の可変ドメイン（ＶＨ）および第１不変ドメイン（ＣＨ１）を含む。Ｆａｂ’断片は、ＣＨ１ドメインのカルボキシル末端にヒンジ(hinge)領域からの一つ以上のシステインを含む数個のアミノ酸残基が付加されている点でＦａｂ断片とは区別される。Ｆｄ断片は、ＶＨおよびＣＨ１ドメインのみから構成された断片であり、Ｆ（ａｂ’）２は、２分子のＦａｂ’断片がジスルフィド結合あるいは化学的反応によって結合したものである。ｓｃＦｖは、ＶＬおよびＶＨドメインのみがペプチドリンカーで連結された単一ポリペプチド鎖である。 Examples of protein drugs that can be linked to the immunoglobulin Fc region of the present invention include human growth hormone, growth hormone releasing hormone, growth hormone releasing peptide, interferons and interferon receptors (eg, interferon-α, -β and- γ, water-soluble type I interferon receptor, etc.), granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), glucacon-like peptides (GLP-1 etc.), G protein coupled type G-protein-coupled receptor, interleukins (for example, interleukin-1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -7, -8, -9, -10,- 11, -12, -13, -14, -15, -16, -17, -18, -19, -20, -21, -22, -23, -24, -2 5, -26, -27, -28, -29, -30 etc.) and interleukin receptors (eg IL-1 receptor, IL-4 receptor etc.), enzymes (eg glucocerebrosidase ( glucocerebrosidase), iduronate-2-sulfatase, alpha-galactosidase-A, agalsidase alpha, agalsidase beta, alpha-L-iduronidase ), Butyrylcholinesterase, chitinase, glutamate decarboxylase, imiglucerase, lipase, uricase, platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase ), Neutral endopeptidase, and myeloperoxidase. ), Interleukins and cytokine binding proteins (for example, IL-18bp, TNF-binding protein, etc.), macrophage activation factor, macrophage peptide, B cell factor, T cell factor, protein A, allergy inhibitory factor, cell necrosis glycoprotein, Immunotoxin, lymphotoxin, tumor necrosis factor, tumor suppressor, metastasis growth factor, alpha-1 antitrypsin, albumin, alpha-lactalbumin, apolipoprotein-E, erythropoiesis factor, hyperglycosylated erythrocyte Production factor, angiopoietin, hemoglobin, thrombin, thrombin receptor active peptide, thrombomodulin, blood factor VII, blood factor VIIa, blood factor VIII, blood factor IX, blood factor XIII, plasminogen active factor , Fibril -Binding peptide, urokinase, streptokinase, hirudin, protein C, C-reactive protein, renin inhibitor, collagenase inhibitor, superoxide dismutase, leptin, platelet derived growth factor, epidermal growth factor, epidermal cell growth Factor, angiostatin, angiotensin, osteogenic growth factor, osteogenesis-promoting protein, calcitonin, insulin, atriopeptin, cartilage inducer, elcatonin, connective tissue activator, tissue factor pathway inhibitor (tissue factor pathway inhibitor), follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, nerve growth factors (eg, nerve growth factor, ciliary neurotrophic factor, axogenesis factor-1) (axogenesis factor-1), brain-natriuretic peptide ( brain-natriuretic peptide), glial derived neurotrophic factor, netrin, neutrophil inhibitor factor, neurotrophic factor, neuturin, etc.), parathyroid hormone , Relaxin, secretin, somatomedin, insulin-like growth factor, corticosteroid, glucagon, cholecystokinin, pancreatic polypeptide, gastrin releasing peptide, corticotropin releasing factor, thyroid stimulating hormone, autotaxin, lactoferrin, myostatin (myostatin), receptors (eg, TNFR (P75), TNFR (P55), IL-1 receptor, VEGF receptor, B cell activator receptor, etc.), receptor antagonists (eg, IL1-Ra, etc.) ), Cell surface antigens (eg, CD2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11a, 11b, 8,19,20,23,25,33,40,45,69 etc.), virus vaccine antigens, monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies, antibody fragments (such, scFv, Fab, Fab ', F (ab') 2 and Fd), including various types such as virus-derived vaccine antigens, and not limited to the types exemplified above. The antibody fragment is a Fab, Fab ′, F (ab ′) 2 , Fd or scFv, preferably Fab ′, capable of binding to a specific antigen. The Fab fragment contains a light chain variable domain (V L ) and a constant domain (C L ) and a heavy chain variable domain (V H ) and a first constant domain (C H1 ). The Fab ′ fragment is distinguished from the Fab fragment in that several amino acid residues including one or more cysteines from the hinge region are added to the carboxyl terminus of the C H1 domain. The Fd fragment is a fragment composed only of the V H and C H1 domains, and F (ab ′) 2 is obtained by binding two molecules of Fab ′ fragments by a disulfide bond or a chemical reaction. scFv is a single polypeptide chain in which only the VL and VH domains are connected by a peptide linker.

特に好ましい生理活性ポリペプチドは、疾病の治療または予防の目的で人体に投与されるとき、投与頻度の高いヒト成長ホルモン、インターフェロン類（インターフェロン−α、−β、−γなど）、顆粒球コロニー刺激因子、赤血球生成因子および抗体断片類などである。また、前記生理活性ポリペプチドの天然型と実質的に同等或いはより増加した機能、構造、活性または安定性を有する限り、任意の誘導体または誘導体も本発明の生理活性ポリペプチドの範囲に含まれる。本発明の最も好適なポリペプチドの薬物はインターフェロン−アルファである。   Particularly preferred bioactive polypeptides are human growth hormones, interferons (interferon-α, -β, -γ, etc.) frequently administered when administered to the human body for the purpose of treating or preventing diseases, and granulocyte colony stimulation. Factors, erythropoiesis factors and antibody fragments. In addition, any derivative or derivative is included in the scope of the physiologically active polypeptide of the present invention as long as it has a function, structure, activity or stability substantially equivalent to or increased from the natural type of the physiologically active polypeptide. The most preferred polypeptide drug of the present invention is interferon-alpha.

本発明では、ポリペプチド薬物以外に他の薬物も使用可能であり、テトラサイクリン、ミノサクリン、ドキシサイクリン、オフロキサシン、レボフロキサシン、シプロフロキサシン、クラリスロマイシン、エリスロマイシン、セファクロール、セフォタキシム、イミペネム、フェニシリン、ゲンタマイシン、ストレプトマイシン、バンコマイシンなどの誘導体および混合物から選択される抗生剤；メトトレキサート、カルボプラチン、タクソール、シスプラチン、５−フルオロウラシル、ドキソルビシン、エトポシド、パクリタキセル、カンプトセシン、シトシンアラビノシドなどの誘導体および混合物から選択される抗癌剤；インドメタシン、イブプロフェン、ケトプロフェン、ピロキシカム、フルルビプロフェン、ジクロフェナクなどの誘導体および混合物から選択される消炎剤；アシクロビル、ロバビンなどの誘導体よび混合物から選択される抗ウイルス剤；およびケトコナゾール、イトラコナゾール、フルコナゾール、アムホテリシン−Ｂ、グリセオフルビンなどの誘導体および混合物から選択される抗菌剤を例示することができるが、これに限定されない。
一方、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域は、リンカーを媒介として薬物に連結された結合体を形成することができる。 In the present invention, other drugs can be used in addition to the polypeptide drug, tetracycline, minosacrine, doxycycline, ofloxacin, levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, clarithromycin, erythromycin, cefaclor, cefotaxime, imipenem, phenicillin, gentamicin, Antibiotics selected from derivatives and mixtures such as streptomycin, vancomycin; anticancer agents selected from derivatives and mixtures such as methotrexate, carboplatin, taxol, cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil, doxorubicin, etoposide, paclitaxel, camptothecin, cytosine arabinoside; Such as indomethacin, ibuprofen, ketoprofen, piroxicam, flurbiprofen, diclofenac An anti-inflammatory agent selected from conductors and mixtures; an antiviral agent selected from derivatives and mixtures such as acyclovir, lobabin; and an antimicrobial agent selected from derivatives and mixtures such as ketoconazole, itraconazole, fluconazole, amphotericin-B, griseofulvin Although it can illustrate, it is not limited to this.
On the other hand, the immunoglobulin Fc region can form a conjugate linked to a drug via a linker.

このようなリンカーは、ペプチド性リンカーまたは非ペプチド性リンカー全てを含むが、好ましくは非ペプチド性リンカーであり、より好ましくは非ペプチド性重合体である。
本発明において、「ペプチド性リンカー」とは、アミノ酸、好ましくはペプチド結合で連結された１〜２０個のアミノ酸を意味し、糖鎖化された形態であってもよいが、本発明の目的上、非糖鎖化されることが好ましい。このようなペプチド性リンカーは、Ｇｌｙ、Ｓｅｒ反復単位を持つペプチドであって、Ｔ細胞に対して免疫学的に不活性のペプチドを使用することが好ましい。 Such linkers include all peptidic or non-peptidic linkers, but are preferably non-peptidic linkers, more preferably non-peptidic polymers.
In the present invention, the “peptidic linker” means an amino acid, preferably 1-20 amino acids linked by peptide bonds, and may be in a glycated form. It is preferably non-glycanized. Such a peptidic linker is a peptide having Gly and Ser repeating units and is preferably a peptide immunologically inactive to T cells.

本発明において、「非ペプチド性重合体」とは、反復単位が２つ以上結合した生体適合性重合体を意味し、前記反復単位は、ペプチド結合でない任意の共有結合によってお互い連結される。このような非ペプチド性重合体の例としては、ポリ（エチレングリコール）、ポリ（プロピレングリコール）、エチレングリコールとプロピレングリコールの共重合体、ポリオオキシエチル化ポリオール、ポリビニルアルコール、多糖類、デキストラン、ポリビニルエーテル、ＰＬＡ(poly(lactic acid))およびＰＬＧＡ(poly(lactic-glycolic acid))のような生分解性高分子、脂質重合体、キチン類、ヒアルロン酸などを挙げることができ、最も好ましくはポリ（エチレングリコール）（ＰＥＧ）などがある。   In the present invention, the “non-peptidic polymer” means a biocompatible polymer in which two or more repeating units are bonded, and the repeating units are linked to each other by any covalent bond that is not a peptide bond. Examples of such non-peptidic polymers include poly (ethylene glycol), poly (propylene glycol), copolymers of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, polyoxyethylated polyols, polyvinyl alcohol, polysaccharides, dextran, polyvinyl Examples include biodegradable polymers such as ether, PLA (poly (lactic acid)) and PLGA (poly (lactic-glycolic acid)), lipid polymers, chitins, hyaluronic acid, etc. (Ethylene glycol) (PEG).

本発明の免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域−薬物または免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域−リンカー−薬物は、様々なモル比の結合が可能である。すなわち、一つのポリペプチド薬物に結合する免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域および／またはリンカーの数は制限されない。ところが、好ましくは本発明の薬物結合体において薬物と免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域は１：１〜１０：１、好ましくは１：１〜２：１のモル比で結合できる。   The immunoglobulin Fc region-drug or immunoglobulin Fc region-linker-drug of the present invention is capable of binding at various molar ratios. That is, the number of immunoglobulin Fc regions and / or linkers that bind to one polypeptide drug is not limited. However, preferably in the drug conjugate of the present invention, the drug and the immunoglobulin Fc region can be combined at a molar ratio of 1: 1 to 10: 1, preferably 1: 1 to 2: 1.

また、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域、任意のリンカーおよび薬物の結合は、遺伝子組み換え方法によってＦｃ領域とポリペプチド薬物が融合蛋白質の形態で発現される場合のペプチド結合(peptide bond)を除いた全ての共有結合と水素結合、イオン結合、ファンデルワールス力、疎水性相互作用のような全ての種類の非共有結合を含む。しかし、薬物の生理活性の面で共有結合であることが好ましい。   In addition, immunoglobulin Fc region, optional linker and drug bond are all covalent bonds except peptide bond when Fc region and polypeptide drug are expressed in the form of fusion protein by genetic recombination method. And all types of non-covalent bonds such as hydrogen bonds, ionic bonds, van der Waals forces, and hydrophobic interactions. However, it is preferably a covalent bond in terms of the physiological activity of the drug.

また、本発明の免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域、任意のリンカーおよび薬物は、薬物の任意の部位(site)との結合が可能である。一方、免疫グロブリンＦｃおよびポリペプチド薬物の場合は、Ｎ末端、Ｃ末端の結合も可能であるが、遊離基と結合することがより好ましく、特にこれらのアミノ末端、リジンのアミノ残基、ヒスチジンのアミノ残基または遊離システイン残基で共有結合がよく形成される。   Also, the immunoglobulin Fc region, any linker and drug of the present invention can be bound to any site of the drug. On the other hand, in the case of immunoglobulin Fc and polypeptide drugs, N-terminal and C-terminal linkages are also possible, but it is more preferable to bind to free radicals, particularly those amino terminus, lysine amino residue, histidine Covalent bonds are often formed with amino or free cysteine residues.

一方、本発明の免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域、任意のリンカーおよび薬物の結合は、任意の方向に結合できる。すなわち、リンカーと免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域のＮ末端、Ｃ末端および遊離基の結合が可能であり、リンカーと蛋白質薬物のＮ末端、Ｃ末端および遊離基の結合が可能である。リンカーがペプチドリンカーの場合、任意の結合部位における結合が可能である。   On the other hand, the binding of the immunoglobulin Fc region of the present invention, any linker and drug can be bound in any direction. That is, the linker can bind the N-terminal, C-terminal and free radical of the immunoglobulin Fc region, and the linker can bind the N-terminal, C-terminal and free radical of the protein drug. When the linker is a peptide linker, binding at any binding site is possible.

また、本発明の結合体は、いろいろの架橋剤(coupling agent)で結合可能である。このような架橋剤の種類は、当業界に公知となっており、例えば１，１−ビス（ジアゾアセチル）−２−フェニルエタン、グルタルアルデヒド、Ｎ−ヒドロキシスクシンイミドエステル、例えば４−アジドサリチル酸とのエステル、イミドエステル、例えばジスクシンイミジルエステル、例えば３，３’−ジチオビス（スクシンイミジルプロピオネート）および二官能性(bifunctional)マレイミド、例えばビス−Ｎ−マレイミド−１，８−オクタンを含むが、これに制限されない。   In addition, the conjugate of the present invention can be combined with various coupling agents. Such cross-linking agent types are known in the art and include, for example, 1,1-bis (diazoacetyl) -2-phenylethane, glutaraldehyde, N-hydroxysuccinimide esters such as 4-azidosalicylic acid. Esters, imidoesters such as disuccinimidyl esters such as 3,3′-dithiobis (succinimidylpropionate) and bifunctional maleimides such as bis-N-maleimide-1,8-octane However, it is not limited to this.

一方、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域をキャリアとして含む本発明の薬剤学的組成物は、いろいろの経路によって投与できる。   On the other hand, the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention containing an immunoglobulin Fc region as a carrier can be administered by various routes.

本発明において、「投与」はある適切な方法で患者に所定の物質を導入することを意味し、前記結合体は薬物が目的の組織に到達することができる限り、いずれの一般的な経路を介しても投与できる。例えば、腹腔内投与、静脈内投与、筋肉内投与、皮下投与、皮内投与、経口投与、局所投与、鼻内投与、肺内投与、直腸内投与が可能であるが、これに制限されない。ところが、経口投与の際、ペプチドは消化されるため、経口用組成物は活性薬剤をコートし、或いは胃における分解から保護するために剤形化することが好ましい。好ましくは、注射剤の形態で投与できる。また、製薬組成物は、活性物質が標的細胞に移動することが可能な任意の装置によって投与できる。   In the present invention, “administration” means introducing a predetermined substance into a patient by an appropriate method, and the conjugate can use any common route as long as the drug can reach the target tissue. Can also be administered. For example, intraperitoneal administration, intravenous administration, intramuscular administration, subcutaneous administration, intradermal administration, oral administration, topical administration, intranasal administration, intrapulmonary administration, and intrarectal administration are possible, but not limited thereto. However, since peptides are digested upon oral administration, oral compositions are preferably formulated to coat the active agent or to protect it from degradation in the stomach. Preferably, it can be administered in the form of an injection. The pharmaceutical composition can also be administered by any device that allows the active agent to migrate to the target cells.

本発明の結合体を含んだ薬剤学的組成物は、薬剤学的に許容可能な担体を含むことができる。薬剤学的に許容される担体は、経口投与の場合には結合剤、滑沢剤、崩壊剤、賦形剤、可溶化剤、分散剤、安定化剤、懸濁化剤、色素、香料などを使用することができ、注射剤の場合には緩衝剤、保存剤、無痛化剤、可溶化剤、等張剤、安定化剤などを混合して使用することができ、局所投与の場合には基剤、賦形剤、潤滑剤、保存剤などを使用することができる。本発明の薬剤学的組成物の剤形は、上述したような薬剤学的に許容される担体と混合して様々に製造できる。例えば、経口投与の場合には錠剤、トローチ剤、カプセル、エリキシル剤(elixir)、サスペンション、シロップ、ウェーハなどの形態で製造することができ、注射剤の場合には、単位投薬アンプルまたは多数回投薬の形態で製造することができる。その他、溶液、懸濁液、錠剤、カプセル、徐方形製剤などに剤形化することができる。   A pharmaceutical composition comprising a conjugate of the invention can include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Pharmaceutically acceptable carriers include, for oral administration, binders, lubricants, disintegrants, excipients, solubilizers, dispersants, stabilizers, suspending agents, dyes, fragrances, etc. In the case of injections, buffering agents, preservatives, soothing agents, solubilizers, isotonic agents, stabilizers, etc. can be mixed and used in the case of topical administration. Can use bases, excipients, lubricants, preservatives and the like. The dosage form of the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can be variously mixed with the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier as described above. For example, in the case of oral administration, it can be produced in the form of tablets, troches, capsules, elixirs, suspensions, syrups, wafers, etc. In the case of injections, unit dosage ampoules or multiple dosages Can be manufactured. In addition, it can be formulated into solutions, suspensions, tablets, capsules, sustained-release preparations and the like.

一方、製剤化に適した担体、賦形剤および希釈剤の例としては、ラクトース、デキストロース、スクロース、ソルビトール、マンニトール、キシリトール、エリスリトール、マルチトール、澱粉、アカシアゴム、アルギン酸塩、ゼラチン、リン酸カルシウム、珪酸カルシウム、セルロース、メチルセルロース、微結晶性セルロース、ポリビニルピロリドン、水、メチルヒドロキシ安息香酸、タルク、ステアリン酸マグネシウムまたは鉱物油などが使用できる。また、充填剤、抗凝集剤、潤滑剤、湿潤剤、香料、乳化剤、防腐剤などをさらに含むことができる。   On the other hand, examples of carriers, excipients and diluents suitable for formulation include lactose, dextrose, sucrose, sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, erythritol, maltitol, starch, gum acacia, alginate, gelatin, calcium phosphate, silicic acid Calcium, cellulose, methyl cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, water, methyl hydroxybenzoic acid, talc, magnesium stearate, mineral oil, or the like can be used. Further, it may further contain a filler, an anti-aggregating agent, a lubricant, a wetting agent, a fragrance, an emulsifier, an antiseptic, and the like.

本発明において、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域がキャリアとして用いられた薬物の実際投与量は、治療する疾患、投与経路、患者の年齢、性別並びに体重、および疾患の重症度などのいろいろの関連因子とともに、活性成分である薬物の種類によって決定される。本発明の薬剤学的組成物は、生体内持続性に非常に優れるので、本発明の薬剤学的製剤の投与回数および頻度を著しく減少させることができる。   In the present invention, the actual dosage of the drug in which the immunoglobulin Fc region is used as a carrier depends on the disease to be treated, the route of administration, the patient's age, sex and weight, and various related factors such as the severity of the disease. It is determined by the type of drug that is a component. Since the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention is very excellent in in vivo persistence, the frequency and frequency of administration of the pharmaceutical formulation of the present invention can be significantly reduced.

別の様態として、本発明の別の目的は、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域をキャリアとして含むことにより、薬物の生体内持続性を増加させる方法を提供することである。   In another aspect, another object of the present invention is to provide a method for increasing the in vivo persistence of a drug by including an immunoglobulin Fc region as a carrier.

本発明の一実施様態に係る生理活性ポリペプチド−ＰＥＧ−免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域の結合体は、ポリペプチド−ＰＥＧ連結体またはポリペプチド−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン結合体より著しく優れた安定性を示す。薬物動力学分析(pharmacokinetic analysis)結果、インターフェロンアルファ（ＩＦＮα）の血中半減期がインターフェロンアルファ−４０ｋＤａ ＰＥＧ連結体（ＩＦＮα−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ）の場合には天然型に比べて約２０倍増加し、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン結合体の場合には約１０倍増加した反面、本発明のＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体は約５０倍程度に画期的に増加した（表３参照）。また、目的蛋白質としてＩＦＮαの代わりにヒト成長ホルモン（ｈＧＨ）、顆粒球コロニー刺激因子（Ｇ−ＣＳＦ）およびその誘導体（１７Ｓ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ）または赤血球生成因子（ＥＰＯ）を用いた場合にも同一の結果を示したが、ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃを結合させた本発明の蛋白質結合体が天然型蛋白質またはＰＥＧまたはＰＥＧ−アルブミンを結合させた場合に比べて約１０倍まで増加した平均滞留時間（mean residence time；ＭＲＴ）および血中半減期を示した（表４〜表７参照）。 The physiologically active polypeptide-PEG-immunoglobulin Fc region conjugate according to one embodiment of the present invention exhibits significantly better stability than the polypeptide-PEG conjugate or polypeptide-PEG-albumin conjugate. As a result of pharmacokinetic analysis, the blood half-life of interferon alpha (IFNα) is increased by about 20 times in the case of interferon alpha-40 kDa PEG conjugate (IFNα-40K PEG) as compared to the natural type. In the case of the -PEG-albumin conjugate, the increase was about 10-fold, whereas the IFNα-PEG-Fc conjugate of the present invention was dramatically increased to about 50-fold (see Table 3). Further, when human growth hormone (hGH), granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) and its derivative ( 17 S-G-CSF) or erythropoiesis factor (EPO) are used as the target protein instead of IFNα. Although the same result was shown, the mean residence time (mean mean) that the protein conjugate of the present invention to which PEG-Fc was bound was increased to about 10 times compared to the case of binding to the native protein or PEG or PEG-albumin. residence time (MRT) and blood half-life (see Tables 4 to 7).

また、Ｆａｂ’−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体は、ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ連結体がＦａｂ’のＣ末端近くの−ＳＨ基またはＮ末端に連結された場合、いずれも４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ−Ｆａｂ’連結体に比べて２〜３倍延長された血中半減期を示した（図１２参照）。   In addition, Fab′-PEG-Fc conjugate is 2 in comparison with 40K PEG-Fab ′ conjugate when the PEG-Fc conjugate is linked to the —SH group near the C-terminus of Fab ′ or the N-terminus. The blood half-life was extended by -3 times (see Fig. 12).

そして、免疫グロブリンＦｃの糖鎖を除去した脱糖鎖化免疫グロブリンＦｃ（ＤＧ Ｆｃ）と組み換え非糖鎖化免疫グロブリンＦｃ（ＡＧ Ｆｃ）誘導体を用いて蛋白質結合体を製造しても、血中半減期と生体外活性が同様に維持されるものと確認された（表３および８、図１１参照）。   Even if a protein conjugate is produced using a deglycosylated immunoglobulin Fc (DG Fc) from which the sugar chain of immunoglobulin Fc has been removed and a recombinant non-glycosylated immunoglobulin Fc (AG Fc) derivative, It was confirmed that the half-life and in vitro activity were similarly maintained (see Tables 3 and 8, FIG. 11).

このように、本発明の蛋白質結合体は、ヒト成長ホルモン、インターフェロン、赤血球生成因子、コロニー刺激因子またはその誘導体および抗体誘導体を含む多様な生理活性ポリペプチドに適用され、卓越した血中半減期と平均滞留時間（ＭＲＴ）を示すので、様々な種類の生理活性ポリペプチドの持続型製剤の開発に利用できる。   As described above, the protein conjugate of the present invention is applied to various bioactive polypeptides including human growth hormone, interferon, erythropoiesis factor, colony stimulating factor or its derivatives and antibody derivatives, and has an excellent blood half-life. Since it shows the mean residence time (MRT), it can be used for the development of sustained-release preparations of various types of bioactive polypeptides.

以下、下記の実施例によって本発明をより詳細に説明する。但し、下記の実施例は、本発明を例示するためのものに過ぎず、本発明の範囲を制限するものではない。   Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the following examples. However, the following examples are only for illustrating the present invention and do not limit the scope of the present invention.

本発明は、以下のように構成することも可能である。   The present invention can also be configured as follows.

本発明の薬剤学的組成物は、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域をキャリアとして含むことを特徴としている。   The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention is characterized by containing an immunoglobulin Fc region as a carrier.

本発明の薬剤学的組成物では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域が非糖鎖化され得る。   In the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region can be unglycosylated.

本発明の薬剤学的組成物では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域が、ＣＨ１、ＣＨ２、ＣＨ３およびＣＨ４ドメインよりなる群から選択され得る。 In the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region can be selected from the group consisting of C H 1, C H 2, C H 3 and C H 4 domains.

本発明の薬剤学的組成物では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域がヒンジ領域をさらに含み得る。   In the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region may further comprise a hinge region.

本発明の薬剤学的組成物では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域が、ＩｇＧ、ＩｇＡ、ＩｇＤ、ＩｇＥ、ＩｇＭ、これらの組み合わせまたはこれらのハイブリッドのＦｃ領域よりなる群から選択され得る。   In the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region can be selected from the group consisting of IgG, IgA, IgD, IgE, IgM, combinations thereof or hybrid Fc regions thereof.

本発明の薬剤学的組成物では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域が、ＩｇＧ１、ＩｇＧ２、ＩｇＧ３、ＩｇＧ４、これらの組み合わせまたはこれらのハイブリッドのＦｃ領域よりなる群より選択され得る。   In the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region can be selected from the group consisting of IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, combinations thereof or hybrid Fc regions thereof.

本発明の薬剤学的組成物では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域がＩｇＧ４ Ｆｃ領域であり得る。   In the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region may be an IgG4 Fc region.

本発明の薬剤学的組成物では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域がヒト非糖鎖化ＩｇＧ４ Ｆｃ領域であり得る。   In the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region may be a human non-glycosylated IgG4 Fc region.

本発明の薬剤学的組成物では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域と結合する薬物が生理活性ポリペプチドであり得る。   In the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention, the drug that binds to the immunoglobulin Fc region may be a bioactive polypeptide.

本発明の薬剤学的組成物では、生理活性ポリペプチドが、ホルモン、サイトカイン、酵素、抗体、成長因子、転写調節因子、血液因子、ワクチン、構造蛋白質、リガンド蛋白質および受容体よりなる群から選択され得る。   In the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention, the bioactive polypeptide is selected from the group consisting of hormones, cytokines, enzymes, antibodies, growth factors, transcriptional regulators, blood factors, vaccines, structural proteins, ligand proteins, and receptors. obtain.

本発明の薬剤学的組成物では、生理活性ポリペプチドが、ヒト成長ホルモン、成長ホルモン放出ホルモン、成長ホルモン放出ペプチド、インターフェロン類、インターフェロン受容体類、コロニー刺激因子、グルカコン様ペプチド類、Ｇ蛋白質共役型受容体、インターロイキン類、インターロイキン受容体類、酵素類、インターロイキン結合蛋白質類、サイトカイン結合蛋白質類、マクロファージ活性因子、マクロファージペプチド、Ｂ細胞因子、Ｔ細胞因子、プロテインＡ、アレルギー抑制因子、細胞壊死糖蛋白質、免疫毒素、リンホトキシン、腫瘍壊死因子、腫瘍抑制因子、転移成長因子、アルファ−１アンチトリプシン、アルブミン、α−ラクトアルブミン、アポリポ蛋白質−Ｅ、赤血球生成因子、高糖鎖化赤血球生成因子、アンジオポエチン類、ヘモグロビン、トロンビン、トロンビン受容体活性ペプチド、トロンボモジュリン、血液因子ＶＩＩ、ＶＩＩａ、ＶＩＩＩ、ＩＸ、ＸＩＩＩ、プラズミノゲン活性因子、フィブリン−結合ペプチド、ウロキナーゼ、ストレプトキナーゼ、ヒルジン、プロテインＣ、Ｃ−反応性蛋白質、レニン抑制剤、コラゲナーゼ抑制剤、スーパーオキシドジスムターゼ、レプチン、血小板由来成長因子、上皮細胞成長因子、表皮細胞成長因子、アンギオスタチン、アンギオテンシン、骨形成成長因子、骨形成促進蛋白質、カルシトニン、インスリン、アトリオペプチン、軟骨誘導因子、エルカトニン、結合組織活性因子、組織因子経路抑制剤、卵胞刺激ホルモン、黄体形成ホルモン、黄体形成ホルモン放出ホルモン、神経成長因子類、副甲状腺ホルモン、レラキシン、セクレチン、ソマトメジン、インスリン様成長因子、副腎皮質ホルモン、グルカゴン、コレシストキニン、膵臓ポリペプチド、ガストリン放出ペプチド、コルチコトロピン放出因子、甲状腺刺激ホルモン、オートタキシン、ラクトフェリン、ミオスタチン、受容体類、受容体拮抗物質、細胞表面抗原、ウイルス由来ワクチン抗原、モノクローナル抗体、ポリクローナル抗体よび抗体断片類よりなる群から選択され得る。   In the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention, the bioactive polypeptide is human growth hormone, growth hormone releasing hormone, growth hormone releasing peptide, interferons, interferon receptors, colony stimulating factor, glucacon-like peptides, G protein conjugates. Type receptor, interleukins, interleukin receptors, enzymes, interleukin binding proteins, cytokine binding proteins, macrophage activation factor, macrophage peptide, B cell factor, T cell factor, protein A, allergy inhibitory factor, Cell necrosis glycoprotein, immunotoxin, lymphotoxin, tumor necrosis factor, tumor suppressor, metastatic growth factor, alpha-1 antitrypsin, albumin, α-lactalbumin, apolipoprotein-E, erythropoiesis factor, hyperglycosylated erythropoiesis Factor, Angio Etines, hemoglobin, thrombin, thrombin receptor active peptide, thrombomodulin, blood factor VII, VIIa, VIII, IX, XIII, plasminogen active factor, fibrin-binding peptide, urokinase, streptokinase, hirudin, protein C, C-reactive Protein, renin inhibitor, collagenase inhibitor, superoxide dismutase, leptin, platelet-derived growth factor, epidermal growth factor, epidermal growth factor, angiostatin, angiotensin, osteogenic growth factor, bone formation-promoting protein, calcitonin, insulin, Atriopeptin, cartilage inducer, elcatonin, connective tissue activator, tissue factor pathway inhibitor, follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, luteinizing hormone releasing hormone, nerve growth factors, parathyroid gland Rumon, relaxin, secretin, somatomedin, insulin-like growth factor, corticosteroid, glucagon, cholecystokinin, pancreatic polypeptide, gastrin releasing peptide, corticotropin releasing factor, thyroid stimulating hormone, autotaxin, lactoferrin, myostatin, receptors, It can be selected from the group consisting of receptor antagonists, cell surface antigens, virus-derived vaccine antigens, monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies and antibody fragments.

本発明の薬剤学的組成物では、生理活性ポリペプチドが、ヒト成長ホルモン、コロニー刺激因子、インターフェロン−アルファ、ヒト赤血球生成因子およびＦａｂ’抗体断片よりなる群から選択され得る。   In the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention, the bioactive polypeptide can be selected from the group consisting of human growth hormone, colony stimulating factor, interferon-alpha, human erythropoiesis factor and Fab 'antibody fragment.

本発明の薬剤学的組成物では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域がペプチド性または非ペプチド性リンカーを媒介として薬物と結合し得る。   In the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region can bind to the drug via a peptide or non-peptide linker.

本発明の薬物の生体内持続性を増加させる方法は、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域をキャリアとして含むことを特徴としている。   The method for increasing the in vivo persistence of the drug of the present invention is characterized by including an immunoglobulin Fc region as a carrier.

本発明の薬物の生体内持続性を増加させる方法では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域が非糖鎖化され得る。   In the method of increasing the in vivo persistence of the drug of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region can be unglycosylated.

本発明の薬物の生体内持続性を増加させる方法では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域が、ＣＨ１、ＣＨ２、ＣＨ３およびＣＨ４ドメインよりなる群から選択される１〜４個のドメインから構成され得る。 In the method for increasing the in vivo persistence of the drug of the present invention, 1 to 4 domains wherein the immunoglobulin Fc region is selected from the group consisting of C H 1, C H 2, C H 3 and C H 4 domains Can be constructed.

本発明の薬物の生体内持続性を増加させる方法では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域がヒンジ領域をさらに含み得る。   In the method of increasing the in vivo persistence of the drug of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region may further comprise a hinge region.

本発明の薬物の生体内持続性を増加させる方法では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域が、ＩｇＧ、ＩｇＡ、ＩｇＤ、ＩｇＥ、ＩｇＭ、これらの組み合わせまたはこれらのハイブリッドのＦｃ領域よりなる群から選択され得る。   In the method of increasing the in vivo persistence of the drug of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region can be selected from the group consisting of IgG, IgA, IgD, IgE, IgM, combinations thereof or hybrid Fc regions thereof.

本発明の薬物の生体内持続性を増加させる方法では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域が、ＩｇＧ１、ＩｇＧ２、ＩｇＧ３、ＩｇＧ４、これらの組み合わせまたはこれらのハイブリッドのＦｃ領域よりなる群から選択され得る。   In the method of increasing the in vivo persistence of the drug of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region may be selected from the group consisting of IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, combinations thereof or hybrid Fc regions thereof.

本発明の薬物の生体内持続性を増加させる方法では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域がＩｇＧ４ Ｆｃ領域であり得る。   In the method of increasing the in vivo persistence of the drug of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region may be an IgG4 Fc region.

本発明の薬物の生体内持続性を増加させる方法では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域がヒト非糖鎖化ＩｇＧ４ Ｆｃ領域であり得る。   In the method for increasing the in vivo persistence of the drug of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region may be a human non-glycosylated IgG4 Fc region.

本発明の薬物の生体内持続性を増加させる方法では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域と結合する薬物が生理活性ポリペプチドであり得る。   In the method of increasing the in vivo persistence of the drug of the present invention, the drug that binds to the immunoglobulin Fc region can be a physiologically active polypeptide.

本発明の薬物の生体内持続性を増加させる方法では、生理活性ポリペプチドが、ホルモン、サイトカイン、酵素、抗体、成長因子、転写調節因子、血液因子、ワクチン、構造蛋白質、リガンド蛋白質および受容体よりなる群から選択され得る。   In the method for increasing the in vivo persistence of the drug of the present invention, the physiologically active polypeptide is selected from hormones, cytokines, enzymes, antibodies, growth factors, transcription factors, blood factors, vaccines, structural proteins, ligand proteins and receptors. May be selected from the group consisting of

本発明の薬物の生体内持続性を増加させる方法では、生理活性ポリペプチドが、ヒト成長ホルモン、成長ホルモン放出ホルモン、成長ホルモン放出ペプチド、インターフェロン類、インターフェロン受容体類、コロニー刺激因子、グルカコン類似ペプチド類、Ｇ蛋白質共役型受容体、インターロイキン類、インターロイキン受容体類、酵素類、インターロイキン結合蛋白質類、サイトカイン結合蛋白質類、マクロファージ活性因子、マクロファージペプチド、Ｂ細胞因子、Ｔ細胞因子、プロテインＡ、アレルギー抑制因子、細胞壊死糖蛋白質、免疫毒素、リンポ毒素、腫瘍壊死因子、腫瘍抑制因子、転移成長因子、アルファ−１アンチトリプシン、アルブミン、α−ラクトアルブミン、アポリポ蛋白質−Ｅ、赤血球生成因子、高糖鎖化赤血球生成因子、アンジオポエチン類、ヘモグロビン、トロンビン、トロンビン受容体活性ペプチド、トロンボモジュリン、血液因子ＶＩＩ、ＶＩＩａ、ＶＩＩＩ、ＩＸ、ＸＩＩＩ、プラズミノゲン活性因子、フィブリン−結合ペプチド、ウロキナーゼ、ストレプトキナーゼ、ヒルジン、プロテインＣ、Ｃ−反応性蛋白質、レニン抑制剤、コラゲナーゼ抑制剤、スーパーオキシドジスムターゼ、レプチン、血小板由来成長因子、上皮細胞成長因子、表皮細胞成長因子、アンギオスタチン、アンギオテンシン、骨形成成長因子、骨形成促進蛋白質、カルシトニン、インスリン、アトリオペプチン、軟骨誘導因子、エルカトニン、結合組織活性因子、組織因子経路抑制剤、卵胞刺激ホルモン、黄体形成ホルモン、黄体形成ホルモン放出ホルモン、神経成長因子類、副甲状腺ホルモン、レラキシン、セクレチン、ソマトメジン、インスリン様成長因子、副腎皮質ホルモン、グルカゴン、コレシストキニン、膵臓ポリペプチド、ガストリン放出ペプチド、コルチコトロピン放出因子、甲状腺刺激ホルモン、オートタキシン、ラクトフェリン、ミオスタチン、受容体類、受容体拮抗物質、細胞表面抗原、ウイルス由来ワクチン抗原、モノクローナル抗体、ポリクローナル抗体よび抗体断片類よりなる群から選択され得る。   In the method for increasing the in vivo persistence of the drug of the present invention, the bioactive polypeptide is human growth hormone, growth hormone releasing hormone, growth hormone releasing peptide, interferons, interferon receptors, colony stimulating factor, glucacon-like peptide , G protein coupled receptors, interleukins, interleukin receptors, enzymes, interleukin binding proteins, cytokine binding proteins, macrophage activation factor, macrophage peptide, B cell factor, T cell factor, protein A Allergic inhibitory factor, cell necrosis glycoprotein, immunotoxin, lymphotoxin, tumor necrosis factor, tumor suppressor, metastatic growth factor, alpha-1 antitrypsin, albumin, α-lactalbumin, apolipoprotein-E, erythropoiesis factor, High glycated red blood cells Growth factor, angiopoietins, hemoglobin, thrombin, thrombin receptor active peptide, thrombomodulin, blood factor VII, VIIa, VIII, IX, XIII, plasminogen activator, fibrin-binding peptide, urokinase, streptokinase, hirudin, protein C, C -Reactive protein, renin inhibitor, collagenase inhibitor, superoxide dismutase, leptin, platelet-derived growth factor, epidermal growth factor, epidermal growth factor, angiostatin, angiotensin, osteogenic growth factor, bone formation promoting protein, calcitonin , Insulin, atriopeptin, cartilage inducer, elcatonin, connective tissue activator, tissue factor pathway inhibitor, follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, luteinizing hormone releasing hormone, nerve growth Factors, parathyroid hormone, relaxin, secretin, somatomedin, insulin-like growth factor, corticosteroid, glucagon, cholecystokinin, pancreatic polypeptide, gastrin releasing peptide, corticotropin releasing factor, thyroid stimulating hormone, autotaxin, lactoferrin, myostatin , Receptors, receptor antagonists, cell surface antigens, virus-derived vaccine antigens, monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies and antibody fragments.

本発明の薬物の生体内持続性を増加させる方法では、生理活性ポリペプチドが、ヒト成長ホルモン、コロニー刺激因子、インターフェロン−アルファ、ヒト赤血球生成因子およびＦａｂ’抗体断片よりなる群から選択され得る。   In the method of increasing the in vivo persistence of the drug of the present invention, the bioactive polypeptide can be selected from the group consisting of human growth hormone, colony stimulating factor, interferon-alpha, human erythropoiesis factor and Fab 'antibody fragment.

本発明の薬物の生体内持続性を増加させる方法では、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域がペプチド性または非ペプチド性リンカーを媒介として薬物と結合し得る。   In the method of increasing the in vivo persistence of the drug of the present invention, the immunoglobulin Fc region can be bound to the drug via a peptide or non-peptide linker.

（実施例１）インターフェロンアルファ（ＩＦＮα）−ＰＥＧ−免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域（Ｆｃ）結合体の製造Ｉ
（段階１）免疫グロブリンを用いた免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域の製造
免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域を製造するために、１０ｍＭのリン酸塩緩衝液に溶解された分子量１５０ｋＤａの免疫グロブリンＧ（Immunoglobulin G；ＩｇＧ、緑十字）２００ｍｇに蛋白質加水分解酵素パパイン（Papain、Ｓｉｇｍａ社）を２ｍｇ処理して３７℃で２時間徐々に攪拌しながら反応させた。酵素反応後、生成された免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域を精製するために、Ｓｕｐｅｒｄｅｘカラム、プロテインＡカラムおよび陽イオン交換樹脂カラムクロマトグラフィを順次行った。具体的に、反応液を１０ｍＭのリン酸ナトリウム緩衝液（ＰＢＳ、ｐＨ７．３）で平衡化させたＳｕｐｅｒｄｅｘ２００カラム（Superdex 200、Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）で滴下し、同一の緩衝液を用いて流速１ｍＬ／分で溶出させた。免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域より分子量が相対的に大きい未反応免疫グロブリン（ＩｇＧ）とＦ（ａｂ’）２などは早く溶出するので、これを先に除去した。免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域と類似の分子量を持つＦａｂは、次のようにプロテインＡカラムクロマトグラフィを行って除去した（図１）。２０ｍＭのリン酸塩緩衝液（ｐＨ７．０）で平衡化させたプロテインＡカラム（Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）にＳｕｐｅｒｄｅｘ２００カラムから溶出した免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域含有分画を５ｍＬ／分の流速で負荷した後、カラムに結合していない蛋白質を除去するために同一の緩衝液で十分洗浄した。ここに１００ｍＭのクエン酸ナトリウム（Na citrate、ｐＨ３．０）緩衝液を流して高純度の免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域を溶出させた。プロテインＡカラムで精製されたＦｃ分画を最後に陽イオン交換樹脂カラム（ｐｏｌｙＣＡ、ＰｏｌｙＬＣ社）を用いて精製したが、１０ｍＭの酢酸塩緩衝液（ｐＨ４．５）を用いた直線濃度勾配（塩化ナトリウムの濃度０．１５Ｍ→０．４Ｍ）法によって溶出して高純度のＦｃ分画を得、これを１２％ＳＤＳ−ＰＡＧＥ上で確認した（図２のレーン２）。 Example 1 Production of Interferon Alpha (IFNα) -PEG-Immunoglobulin Fc Region (Fc) Conjugate I
(Step 1) Production of immunoglobulin Fc region using immunoglobulin In order to produce immunoglobulin Fc region, immunoglobulin G (Immunoglobulin G; IgG, green cross) dissolved in 10 mM phosphate buffer. 200 mg was treated with 2 mg of protein hydrolase papain (Papain, Sigma) and reacted at 37 ° C. for 2 hours with gentle stirring. After the enzyme reaction, a Superdex column, a protein A column, and a cation exchange resin column chromatography were sequentially performed in order to purify the produced immunoglobulin Fc region. Specifically, the reaction solution was dropped on a Superdex 200 column (Superdex 200, Pharmacia) equilibrated with 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer (PBS, pH 7.3), and the flow rate was 1 mL / min using the same buffer. And eluted. Unreacted immunoglobulin (IgG), F (ab ′) 2 and the like, which have a relatively large molecular weight than the immunoglobulin Fc region, elute earlier and were removed first. Fab having a molecular weight similar to that of the immunoglobulin Fc region was removed by protein A column chromatography as follows (FIG. 1). The fraction containing the immunoglobulin Fc region eluted from the Superdex200 column was loaded onto a protein A column (Pharmacia) equilibrated with 20 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) at a flow rate of 5 mL / min, and then loaded onto the column. In order to remove unbound proteins, the cells were thoroughly washed with the same buffer. To this, 100 mM sodium citrate (Na citrate, pH 3.0) buffer was flowed to elute the highly purified immunoglobulin Fc region. The Fc fraction purified on the protein A column was finally purified using a cation exchange resin column (polyCA, PolyLC), but a linear concentration gradient (salt chloride) using 10 mM acetate buffer (pH 4.5) was used. Sodium concentration 0.15M → 0.4M) was used to obtain a highly pure Fc fraction, which was confirmed on 12% SDS-PAGE (lane 2 in FIG. 2).

（段階２）ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体の製造
両末端にアルデヒド反応基を持つ分子量３．４ｋＤａのポリエチレングリコールＡＬＤ−ＰＥＧ−ＡＬＤ（Ｓｈｅａｒｗａｔｅｒ社）を、ヒトインターフェロンアルファ−２ｂ（ｈＩＦＮα−２ｂ、分子量２０ｋＤａ）が５ｍｇ／ｍＬの濃度で溶解された１００ｍＭのリン酸塩緩衝液にＩＦＮα：ＰＥＧのモル比が１：１、１：２．５、１：５、１：１０および１：２０となるように添加した。ここに還元剤のナトリウムシアノボロハイドライド（ＮａＣＮＢＨ３、Ｓｉｇｍａ社）を最終濃度が２０ｍＭとなるように添加し、４℃で徐々に攪拌しながら３時間反応させた。インターフェロンアルファのアミノ末端部位に選択的にＰＥＧが連結され、ＰＥＧとインターフェロンアルファが１：１で結合した連結体を得るために、前記反応混合物をもってＳｕｐｅｒｄｅｘ（SuperdexR、Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）サイズ排除(size exclusion)クロマトグラフィを行った。溶出液として１０ｍＭのリン酸カリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ６.０）を用いてＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体を精製し、ＰＥＧと結合していないインターフェロンアルファ、未反応ＰＥＧおよび２つのインターフェロンアルファがＰＥＧと連結された二量体副産物を除去した。精製されたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体を５ｍｇ／ｍＬの濃度に濃縮した。これにより、反応性が最も良くて二量体などの副産物が少ないＩＦＮα：ＰＥＧの最適反応モル比は１：２．５〜１：５であることを確認した。 (Step 2) Production of IFNα-PEG conjugate Polyethylene glycol ALD-PEG-ALD (Shearwater) having an aldehyde reactive group at both ends was converted to human interferon alpha-2b (hIFNα-2b, molecular weight 20 kDa). To a molar ratio of IFNα: PEG of 1: 1, 1: 2.5, 1: 5, 1:10 and 1:20 in 100 mM phosphate buffer dissolved at a concentration of 5 mg / mL Added. Sodium cyanoborohydride (NaCNBH 3 , Sigma) as a reducing agent was added thereto so as to have a final concentration of 20 mM, and the mixture was reacted at 4 ° C. with gradually stirring for 3 hours. Selectively PEG is linked to the amino terminal portion of the interferon-alpha, PEG and interferon alpha 1: For connecting body attached at the 1, with the reaction mixture Superdex (Superdex R, Pharmacia Co.) size exclusion (size exclusion ) Chromatography was performed. IFNα-PEG conjugate was purified using 10 mM potassium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0) as eluent, interferon alpha not bound to PEG, unreacted PEG and two interferon alpha were linked to PEG Dimer byproduct was removed. The purified IFNα-PEG conjugate was concentrated to a concentration of 5 mg / mL. This confirmed that the optimal reaction molar ratio of IFNα: PEG having the best reactivity and few by-products such as dimers was 1: 2.5 to 1: 5.

（段階３）ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体の形成
前記段階２で精製されたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体に免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域のＮ末端に結合させるために、段階１で準備された免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域（約５３ｋＤａ）を１０ｍＭのリン酸塩緩衝液に溶解させた後、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体：Ｆｃのモル比がそれぞれ１：１、１：２、１：４および１：８となるように、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体と混合して反応させた。反応液を１００ｍＭのリン酸塩緩衝液に調製し、還元剤としてＮａＣＮＢＨ３を最終濃度が２０ｍＭとなるように添加した後、４℃で２０時間徐々に攪拌しながら反応させた。これにより、反応性が最も良くて二量体などの副産物が少ないＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体：Ｆｃの最適反応モル比は１：２であることを確認した。 (Step 3) Formation of IFNα-PEG-Fc Conjugate The immunoglobulin Fc region prepared in Step 1 for binding the IFNα-PEG conjugate purified in Step 2 above to the N-terminus of the immunoglobulin Fc region ( About 53 kDa) in 10 mM phosphate buffer so that the IFNα-PEG conjugate: Fc molar ratios are 1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 4 and 1: 8, respectively. -Mixed with PEG conjugate to react. The reaction solution was prepared in a 100 mM phosphate buffer, and NaCNBH 3 was added as a reducing agent so that the final concentration was 20 mM, and then reacted at 4 ° C. with gentle stirring for 20 hours. This confirmed that the optimal reaction molar ratio of IFNα-PEG conjugate: Fc was 1: 2 with the best reactivity and few by-products such as dimers.

（段階４）ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体の分離および精製
前記段階３の結合反応後、未反応物質および副産物を除去し、生成されたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体を精製するためにＳｕｐｅｒｄｅｘサイズ排除クロマトグラフィを行った。反応混合物を濃縮した後、１０ｍＭのリン酸塩緩衝液（ｐＨ７．３）を用いて流速２．５ｍＬ／分でカラムに通過させ、結合していないＦｃおよび未反応物質を除去し、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体分画を得た。得られたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体分画には不純物として少量の未反応Ｆｃおよびインターフェロンアルファ二量体が混在しているので、これを除去するためにさらに陽イオン交換樹脂クロマトグラフィを行った。ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体分画を１０ｍＭの酢酸ナトリウム（ｐＨ４．５）で平衡化させたＰｏｌｙＣＡＴ ＬＰカラム（ＰｏｌｙＬＣ社）に仕込み、１Ｍの塩化ナトリウム（ＮａＣｌ）を含む１０ｍＭの酢酸ナトリウム（ｐＨ４．５）緩衝液を用いた直線濃度勾配（塩化ナトリウムの濃度０Ｍ→０．５Ｍ）法で溶出してさらに精製した。最後に、陰イオン交換カラムを用いてＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体を純粋に獲得した。ＰｏｌｙＷＡＸ ＬＰカラム（ＰｏｌｙＬＣ社）を１０ｍＭのＴｒｉｓ−ＨＣｌ（ｐＨ７．５）緩衝液で平衡化させた後、精製されたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体分画を負荷し、１Ｍの塩化ナトリウムを含む１０ｍＭのＴｒｉｓ−ＨＣｌ（ｐＨ７．５）緩衝液を用いた直線濃度勾配（塩化ナトリウムの濃度０Ｍ→０．３Ｍ）法で溶出して純粋なＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体を精製した。 (Step 4) Separation and Purification of IFNα-PEG-Fc Conjugate After the coupling reaction in Step 3, the Superdex size was used to remove unreacted substances and by-products and to purify the produced IFNα-PEG-Fc protein conjugate. Exclusion chromatography was performed. After concentrating the reaction mixture, it was passed through a column with 10 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.3) at a flow rate of 2.5 mL / min to remove unbound Fc and unreacted material, and IFNα-PEG. -Fc protein conjugate fraction was obtained. Since the obtained IFNα-PEG-Fc protein conjugate fraction contains a small amount of unreacted Fc and interferon alpha dimer as impurities, cation exchange resin chromatography was further performed to remove this. . The IFNα-PEG-Fc protein conjugate fraction was loaded onto a PolyCAT LP column (PolyLC) equilibrated with 10 mM sodium acetate (pH 4.5), and 10 mM sodium acetate (pH 4) containing 1 M sodium chloride (NaCl). .5) Further purification was carried out by elution with a linear concentration gradient (sodium chloride concentration 0 M → 0.5 M) using a buffer solution. Finally, IFNα-PEG-Fc protein conjugate was obtained pure using an anion exchange column. A PolyWAX LP column (PolyLC) was equilibrated with 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5) buffer and then loaded with the purified IFNα-PEG-Fc protein conjugate fraction and containing 1 M sodium chloride. The pure IFNα-PEG-Fc protein conjugate was purified by elution with a linear concentration gradient (sodium chloride concentration 0 M → 0.3 M) method using 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5) buffer.

（実施例２）ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体の製造ＩＩ
（段階１）Ｆｃ−ＰＥＧ連結体の製造
両末端にアルデヒド反応基を持つ分子量３．４ｋＤａのポリエチレングリコールＡＬＤ−ＰＥＧ−ＡＬＤ（Ｓｈｅａｒｗａｔｅｒ社）を、前記実施例１の段階１で準備された免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域が１５ｍｇ／ｍＬの濃度で溶解された１００ｍＭのリン酸塩緩衝液に免疫グロブリンＦｃ：ＰＥＧのモル比がそれぞれ１：１、１：２．５、１：５、１：１０および１：２０となるように添加した。還元剤のＮａＣＮＢＨ３を最終濃度が２０ｍＭとなるように添加した後、４℃で徐々に攪拌しながら３時間反応させた。免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域のアミノ末端部位に選択的にＰＥＧ：Ｆｃが１：１で結合した連結体を得るために、前記反応混合物をＳｕｐｅｒｄｅｘ（SuperdexR、Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）サイズ排除クロマトグラフィにかけた。溶出液として１０ｍＭのリン酸カリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ６.０）を用いてＦｃ−ＰＥＧ連結体を精製し、ＰＥＧと結合していない免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域、未反応ＰＥＧおよび２つの免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域がＰＥＧに連結された二量体副産物を除去した。精製されたＦｃ−ＰＥＧ連結体を約１５ｍｇ／ｍＬの濃度に濃縮した。これにより、反応性が最も良くて二量体などの副産物が少ないＦｃ：ＰＥＧの最適反応モル比は１：３〜１：１０であることを確認した。 Example 2 Production of IFNα-PEG-Fc Conjugate II
(Step 1) Production of Fc-PEG Conjugate Polyethylene glycol ALD-PEG-ALD (Shearwater) having an aldehyde reactive group at both ends was prepared as the immunoglobulin prepared in Step 1 of Example 1 above. The molar ratios of immunoglobulin Fc: PEG are 1: 1, 1: 2.5, 1: 5, 1:10 and 1: 100 mM phosphate buffer in which the Fc region is dissolved at a concentration of 15 mg / mL. It added so that it might be set to 20. After adding the reducing agent NaCNBH 3 to a final concentration of 20 mM, the mixture was allowed to react at 4 ° C. with gentle stirring for 3 hours. Immunoglobulin Fc region amino-terminal site selective PEG: Fc is 1: in order to obtain a connecting member attached at one, was multiplied by the reaction mixture Superdex (Superdex R, Pharmacia Inc.) to size exclusion chromatography. The Fc-PEG conjugate was purified using 10 mM potassium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0) as eluent, and the immunoglobulin Fc region not bound to PEG, unreacted PEG, and the two immunoglobulin Fc regions were PEG. The dimer by-product linked to was removed. The purified Fc-PEG conjugate was concentrated to a concentration of about 15 mg / mL. Thus, it was confirmed that the optimal reaction molar ratio of Fc: PEG having the best reactivity and few by-products such as dimer was 1: 3 to 1:10.

（段階２）Ｆｃ−ＰＥＧ連結体とインターフェロンアルファの結合体の形成および精製
前記段階１で精製されたＦｃ−ＰＥＧ連結体をＩＦＮαのＮ末端に結合させるために、１０ｍＭのリン酸塩緩衝液に溶解されたインターフェロンアルファを使用し、Ｆｃ−ＰＥＧ連結体：ＩＦＮαのモル比がそれぞれ１：１、１：１．５、１：３および１：６となるように添加して反応させた。反応液を１００ｍＭのリン酸塩緩衝液に調製し、還元剤としてＮａＣＮＢＨ３を最終濃度が２０ｍＭとなるように添加した後、４℃で２０時間徐々に攪拌しながら反応させた。反応後、実施例１の段階４と同一の方法で精製して未反応物質および副産物を除去し、これから生成されたＦｃ−ＰＥＧ−ＩＦＮα蛋白質結合体を純粋に分離した。 (Step 2) Formation and purification of conjugate of Fc-PEG conjugate and interferon alpha In order to bind the Fc-PEG conjugate purified in Step 1 to the N-terminus of IFNα, it was added to 10 mM phosphate buffer. Using dissolved interferon alpha, the reaction was performed by adding Fc-PEG conjugate: IFNα molar ratios of 1: 1, 1: 1.5, 1: 3, and 1: 6, respectively. The reaction solution was prepared in a 100 mM phosphate buffer, and NaCNBH 3 was added as a reducing agent so that the final concentration was 20 mM, and then reacted at 4 ° C. with gentle stirring for 20 hours. After the reaction, purification was performed in the same manner as in Step 4 of Example 1 to remove unreacted substances and by-products, and the Fc-PEG-IFNα protein conjugate produced therefrom was purely separated.

（実施例３）ヒト成長ホルモン（ｈＧＨ）−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体の製造
インターフェロンアルファの代わりにヒト成長ホルモン（ｈＧＨ、分子量２２ｋＤａ）を使用し、ｈＧＨ：ＰＥＧのモル比を１：５とする以外は、実施例１と同一の方法でｈＧＨ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体を製造および精製した。 (Example 3) Production of human growth hormone (hGH) -PEG-Fc conjugate Human growth hormone (hGH, molecular weight 22 kDa) was used in place of interferon alpha, and the molar ratio of hGH: PEG was 1: 5. Produced and purified the hGH-PEG-Fc protein conjugate in the same manner as in Example 1.

（実施例４）ヒト顆粒球コロニー刺激因子（Ｇ−ＣＳＦ）−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体の製造
インターフェロンアルファの代わりにヒト顆粒球コロニー刺激因子（Ｇ−ＣＳＦ）を使用し、Ｇ−ＣＳＦ：ＰＥＧのモル比を１：５とする以外は、実施例１と同一の方法でＧ−ＣＳＦ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体を製造および精製した。
一方、天然型Ｇ−ＣＳＦの１７番目のアミノ酸がセリンで置換された誘導体（１７Ｓ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ）を用いて前記と同一の方法で１７Ｓ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体を製造および精製した。 Example 4 Production of Human Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) -PEG-Fc Conjugate Human granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) was used instead of interferon alpha, and G-CSF: PEG A G-CSF-PEG-Fc protein conjugate was produced and purified in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the molar ratio was 1: 5.
On the other hand, a 17 S-G-CSF-PEG-Fc protein conjugate was prepared in the same manner as described above using a derivative ( 17 S-G-CSF) in which the 17th amino acid of natural G-CSF was substituted with serine. Manufactured and purified.

（実施例５）ヒト赤血球生成因子（ＥＰＯ）−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体の製造
インターフェロンアルファの代わりにヒト赤血球生成因子（Erythropoietin；ＥＰＯ）を使用し、ＥＰＯ：ＰＥＧのモル比を１：５とする以外は、実施例１と同一の方法でＥＰＯ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体を製造および精製した。 (Example 5) Production of human erythropoiesis factor (EPO) -PEG-Fc conjugate Human erythropoietin (EPO) was used instead of interferon alpha, and the molar ratio of EPO: PEG was 1: 5. Except for the above, an EPO-PEG-Fc protein conjugate was produced and purified in the same manner as in Example 1.

（実施例６）反応基の種類を異にするＰＥＧを用いた蛋白質結合体の製造
両末端の反応基が全てスクシンイミジルプロピオネート（Succinimidyl propionate；ＳＰＡ）であるＰＥＧを用いてＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体を次のように製造した。インターフェロンアルファ１０ｍｇの溶解された１００ｍＭのリン酸塩緩衝液に、両末端にＳＰＡ反応基を持つ分子量３．４ｋＤａのポリエチレングリコールＳＰＡ−ＰＥＧ−ＳＰＡ（Ｓｈｅａｒｗａｔｅｒ社）をＩＦＮα：ＰＥＧのモル比がそれぞれ１：１、１：２．５、１：５、１：１０および１：２０となるように定量して添加し、常温で徐々に攪拌しながら２時間反応させた。インターフェロンアルファのリジン残基のアミノ基部位に選択的にＰＥＧが１：１で結合したＰＥＧ−ＩＦＮα連結体を得るために、反応混合物をＳｕｐｅｒｄｅｘサイズ排除クロマトグラフィにかけた。溶出液として１０ｍＭのリン酸カリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ６.０）を用いてＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体を精製し、ＰＥＧと結合していないインターフェロンアルファ、未反応ＰＥＧ、およびＰＥＧの両末端に２つのインターフェロンアルファが連結された二量体副産物を除去した。ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体を免疫グロブリンＦｃのリジン残基のアミノ基部位に融合させるために精製されたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体を約５ｍｇ／ｍＬの濃度に濃縮した後、実施例１の段階３および４と同一の方法でＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体を製造および精製した。これより、反応性が最も良くて二量体などの副産物が少ないインターフェロンアルファ：ＰＥＧの最適反応モル比は１：２．５〜１：５であることを確認した。 Example 6 Production of a Protein Conjugate Using PEG with Different Types of Reactive Groups Using PEG whose reactive groups at both ends are all succinimidyl propionate (SPA), IFNα- A PEG-Fc protein conjugate was prepared as follows. Interferon alpha 10 mg dissolved in 100 mM phosphate buffer, a polyethylene glycol SPA-PEG-SPA (Shearwater) having a molecular weight of 3.4 kDa having SPA reactive groups at both ends and an IFNα: PEG molar ratio of 1 each. Quantitatively added to 1: 1, 2.5, 1: 5, 1:10, and 1:20, and allowed to react for 2 hours while gradually stirring at room temperature. The reaction mixture was subjected to Superdex size exclusion chromatography to obtain a PEG-IFNα conjugate with PEG selectively attached 1: 1 to the amino group site of the lysine residue of interferon alpha. IFNα-PEG conjugate was purified using 10 mM potassium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0) as eluent, interferon alpha not bound to PEG, unreacted PEG, and two interferon alpha at both ends of PEG The dimer byproduct linked to was removed. After concentrating the purified IFNα-PEG conjugate to a concentration of about 5 mg / mL to fuse the IFNα-PEG conjugate to the amino group site of the lysine residue of immunoglobulin Fc, steps 3 and 4 of Example 1 The IFNα-PEG-Fc conjugate was prepared and purified in the same manner. From this, it was confirmed that the optimal reaction molar ratio of interferon alpha: PEG having the best reactivity and few by-products such as dimer was 1: 2.5 to 1: 5.

一方、前記と同一の方法を行うが、両末端の反応基が全てＮ−ヒドロキシスクシンイミジル（N-hydroxysuccinimidyl；ＮＨＳ）であるＰＥＧ（ＮＨＳ−ＰＥＧ−ＮＨＳ；Ｓｈｅａｒｗａｔｅｒ社)、または両末端の反応基が全てブチルアルデヒド(buthyl aldehyde)であるＰＥＧ（ＢＵＡ−ＰＥＧ−ＢＵＡ；Ｓｈｅａｒｗａｔｅｒ社）を用いてＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体の生成を確認した。   On the other hand, the same method as described above is performed, but the reactive groups at both ends are all N-hydroxysuccinimidyl (N-hydroxysuccinimidyl; NHS) (NHS-PEG-NHS; Shearwater), or The production | generation of the IFN (alpha) -PEG-Fc conjugate was confirmed using PEG (BUA-PEG-BUA; Shearwater) whose all reactive groups are butyraldehyde.

（実施例７）分子量の異なるＰＥＧを用いた蛋白質結合体の製造
両末端にアルデヒド反応基を持つ分子量１０ｋＤａのポリエチレングリコールＡＬＤ−ＰＥＧ−ＡＬＤ（Ｓｈｅａｒｗａｔｅｒ社）を用いて実施例１の段階２と同一の方法でＩＦＮα−１０Ｋ ＰＥＧ連結体を製造および精製した。この際、反応性が最も良くて二量体などの副産物が少ないインターフェロンアルファ：１０Ｋ ＰＥＧの最適モル比は１：２．５〜１：５であることが確認された。精製されたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体を約５ｍｇ／ｍＬとなるように濃縮した後、これを用いて実施例１の段階３および４と同一の方法でＩＦＮα−１０Ｋ ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体を製造および精製した。 (Example 7) Production of protein conjugate using PEG of different molecular weight Same as Step 2 of Example 1 using polyethylene glycol ALD-PEG-ALD (Shearwater) having a molecular weight of 10 kDa having aldehyde reactive groups at both ends. IFNα-10K PEG conjugate was prepared and purified by the method described above. At this time, it was confirmed that the optimum molar ratio of interferon alpha: 10K PEG having the best reactivity and few by-products such as dimer was 1: 2.5 to 1: 5. The purified IFNα-PEG conjugate was concentrated to about 5 mg / mL, and then used to produce an IFNα-10K PEG-Fc protein conjugate in the same manner as in steps 3 and 4 of Example 1. Purified.

（実施例８）Ｆａｂ’−Ｓ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ結合体の製造（−ＳＨ基）
（段階１）Ｆａｂ’の発現および精製
抗腫瘍壊死因子−アルファＦａｂ’を発現する大腸菌形質転換体ＢＬ２１／ｐｏＤＬＨＦ（寄託番号：ＫＣＣＭ−１０５１１）をＬＢ培地１００ｍＬに接種して一晩中振盪培養した後、５Ｌの発酵器（Ｍａｒｕｂｉｓｈｉ）に接種して温度３０℃、空気投入量２０ｖｖｍ、攪拌速度５００ｒｐｍの条件下で培養した。発酵が進むにつれて、微生物の成長のために足りないエネルギー源を補うために、葡萄糖(glucose)と酵母抽出液(yeast extract)とを微生物の発酵状態に応じて投与し、吸光度６００ｎｍでのＯＤ値が８０となる時期にＩＰＴＧを投与して蛋白質の発現を誘導した。これを４０〜４５時間高濃度で培養して吸光度６００ｎｍでのＯＤ値が１２０〜１４０となるようにした。得られた発酵液を遠心分離（２０，０００ｇ、３０分）して沈殿物は捨て、上澄み液のみを取った。 Example 8 Production of Fab′-S-PEG-N-Fc Conjugate (—SH Group)
(Step 1) Expression and purification of Fab ′ E. coli transformant BL21 / poDLHF (deposit number: KCCM-10511) expressing anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha Fab ′ was inoculated into 100 mL of LB medium and cultured overnight with shaking. Thereafter, the cells were inoculated into a 5 L fermentor (Marubishi) and cultured under conditions of a temperature of 30 ° C., an air input amount of 20 vvm, and a stirring speed of 500 rpm. As fermentation progresses, sucrose and yeast extract are administered according to the fermentation state of the microorganism to compensate for the insufficient energy source for the growth of the microorganism, and the OD value at an absorbance of 600 nm IPTG was administered to induce the expression of protein at the time when became 80. This was cultured at a high concentration for 40 to 45 hours so that the OD value at an absorbance of 600 nm was 120 to 140. The obtained fermentation broth was centrifuged (20,000 g, 30 minutes), the precipitate was discarded, and only the supernatant was taken.

得られた上澄み液から次の３段階のカラムクロマトグラフィを経て抗腫瘍壊死因子−アルファＦａｂ’を純粋に精製した。２０ｍＭのリン酸塩緩衝液（ｐＨ７．０）で平衡化させたＨｉＴｒａｐプロテインＧカラム（５ｍＬ、Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）に前記上澄み液を点滴した後、１００ｍＭのグリシン（Glycine、ｐＨ３．０）緩衝液で溶出させた。   Antitumor necrosis factor-alpha Fab 'was purified purely from the obtained supernatant through the following three-stage column chromatography. The supernatant was instilled onto a HiTrap protein G column (5 mL, Pharmacia) equilibrated with 20 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.0), and then eluted with 100 mM glycine (Glycine, pH 3.0) buffer. I let you.

溶出したＦａｂ’分画を１０ｍＭのリン酸ナトリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ７．３）で平衡化させたＳｕｐｅｒｄｅｘ２００カラム（Superdex 200, Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）に滴下し、同一の緩衝液で溶出させた。溶出したＦａｂ’分画をｐｏｌｙＣＡＴ ２１×２５０カラム（ＰｏｌｙＬＣ社）を用いて最終精製したが、１０ｍＭの酢酸塩緩衝液（ｐＨ４．５）を用いた直線濃度勾配（塩化ナトリウムの濃度０．１５Ｍ→０．４Ｍ）法で溶出して純粋な抗腫瘍壊死因子−アルファＦａｂ’分画を得た。   The eluted Fab 'fraction was dropped onto a Superdex 200 column (Superdex 200, Pharmacia) equilibrated with 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.3) and eluted with the same buffer. The eluted Fab ′ fraction was finally purified using a polyCAT 21 × 250 column (PolyLC), but a linear concentration gradient (sodium chloride concentration 0.15 M → 10 mM) using a 10 mM acetate buffer (pH 4.5) Elution with 0.4M) method gave a pure anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha Fab ′ fraction.

（段階２）Ｆｃ−ＰＥＧ連結体の製造および精製
免疫グロブリンＦｃのＮ末端のアミノ基にリンカーＰＥＧを結合させるために、前記実施例１の段階１と同一の方法で製造された免疫グロブリンＦｃを１００ｍＭのリン酸ナトリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ６．０）に５ｍｇ／ｍＬの濃度で溶解させ、ここにＮＨＳ−ＰＥＧ−ＭＡＬ（３．４ｋＤａ、Ｓｈｅａｒｗａｔｅｒ社）をＦｃ：ＰＥＧのモル比が１：１０となるように添加した後、４℃で徐々に攪拌しながら１２時間反応させた。 (Step 2) Production and Purification of Fc-PEG Conjugate To bind linker PEG to the N-terminal amino group of immunoglobulin Fc, immunoglobulin Fc produced by the same method as in Step 1 of Example 1 was used. NHS-PEG-MAL (3.4 kDa, Shearwater) is dissolved in 100 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0) at a concentration of 5 mg / mL, so that the molar ratio of Fc: PEG is 1:10. After the addition, the mixture was reacted at 4 ° C. with gradual stirring for 12 hours.

反応終了後、反応緩衝液を２０ｍＭのリン酸ナトリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ６．０）で交換しながら、反応していないＮＨＳ−ＰＥＧ−ＭＡＬを除去した。緩衝液の交換後、反応物をｐｏｌｙＣＡＴカラム（ＰｏｌｙＬＣ社）に負荷し、２０ｍＭのリン酸ナトリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ６．０）を用いた直線濃度勾配（塩化ナトリウムの濃度０．１５Ｍ→０．５Ｍ）法によって、免疫グロブリンＦｃ−ＰＥＧ連結体を先に溶出させて得た後、反応していない免疫グロブリンＦｃを溶出させて除去した。   After the reaction, the unreacted NHS-PEG-MAL was removed while exchanging the reaction buffer with 20 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0). After exchanging the buffer solution, the reaction product was loaded onto a polyCAT column (PolyLC), and a linear concentration gradient (sodium chloride concentration 0.15 M → 0.5 M) using 20 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0). After obtaining the immunoglobulin Fc-PEG conjugate by elution by the method, unreacted immunoglobulin Fc was eluted and removed.

（段階３）Ｆａｂ’−Ｓ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ結合体（−ＳＨ基）の製造および精製
Ｆａｂ’の遊離システイン基に免疫グロブリンＦｃ−ＰＥＧ連結体を結合させるために、段階１で精製されたＦａｂ’を１００ｍＭのリン酸ナトリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ７．３）に２ｍｇ／ｍＬで溶解させた後、同一の緩衝液に段階２で準備された免疫グロブリンＦｃ−ＰＥＧ連結体をＦａｂ’：連結体のモル比が１：５となるように入れた。最終蛋白質の濃度が５０ｍｇ／ｍＬとなるように濃縮し、４℃で徐々に攪拌しながら２４時間反応させた。 (Step 3) Production and Purification of Fab′-S-PEG-N-Fc Conjugate (—SH Group) Purified in Step 1 to attach the immunoglobulin Fc-PEG conjugate to the free cysteine group of Fab ′. Fab 'was dissolved in 100 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.3) at 2 mg / mL, and then the immunoglobulin Fc-PEG conjugate prepared in Step 2 was added to the same buffer in Fab': conjugate. The molar ratio was 1: 5. The final protein was concentrated to a concentration of 50 mg / mL, and reacted at 4 ° C. with gradual stirring for 24 hours.

カップリング反応の終了後、反応液を１０ｍＭのリン酸ナトリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ７．３）で平衡化させたＳｕｐｅｒｄｅｘ２００カラム（Superdex 200、Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）に滴下し、同一の緩衝液を１ｍＬ／分の流速で流して溶出させた。カップリングされたＦａｂ’−Ｓ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ結合体は、分子量が大きいので先に溶出し、反応していない免疫グロブリンＦｃ−ＰＥＧ連結体およびＦａｂ’は後で溶出するため除去することができた。残存する未反応免疫グロブリンＦｃを完全に除去するために、溶出したＦａｂ’−Ｓ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ結合体分画をさらにｐｏｌｙＣＡＴ ２１×２５０カラム（ＰｏｌｙＬＣ社）に滴下し、２０ｍＭのリン酸ナトリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ６．０）を用いた直線濃度勾配（塩化ナトリウムの濃度０．１５Ｍ→０．５Ｍ）法で溶出し、Ｆｃ−ＰＥＧ連結体がＦａｂ’のＣ末端付近の−ＳＨ基に連結されたＦａｂ’−Ｓ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ結合体を純粋に得た。   After completion of the coupling reaction, the reaction solution was dropped onto a Superdex 200 column (Superdex 200, Pharmacia) equilibrated with 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.3), and the same buffer was flowed at a flow rate of 1 mL / min. And eluted. The coupled Fab′-S-PEG-N-Fc conjugate is eluted first due to its high molecular weight, and the unreacted immunoglobulin Fc-PEG conjugate and Fab ′ are later removed because they elute later. I was able to. In order to completely remove the remaining unreacted immunoglobulin Fc, the eluted Fab′-S-PEG-N-Fc conjugate fraction was further dropped onto a polyCAT 21 × 250 column (PolyLC), and 20 mM phosphoric acid was added. Elution was performed by a linear concentration gradient using sodium buffer (pH 6.0) (sodium chloride concentration: 0.15 M → 0.5 M), and the Fc-PEG conjugate was linked to the —SH group near the C-terminus of Fab ′. The purified Fab′-S-PEG-N-Fc conjugate was obtained pure.

（実施例９）Ｆａｂ’−Ｎ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ結合体の製造（Ｎ末端）
（段階１）Ｆａｂ’−ＰＥＧ連結体（Ｎ末端）の製造および精製
前記実施例８の段階１で得た、精製されたＦａｂ’４０ｍｇを１００ｍＭのリン酸ナトリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ６．０）に５ｍｇ／ｍＬの濃度で溶解させた後、ブチルＡＬＤ−ＰＥＧ−ブチルＡＬＤ（３．４ｋＤａ、Ｎｅｋｔａｒ社）をＦａｂ’：ＰＥＧのモル比が１：５となるように添加した。還元剤としてＮａＣＮＢＨ３を最終濃度が２０ｍＭとなるように添加した後、４℃で徐々に攪拌しがら２時間反応させた。 Example 9 Production of Fab′-N-PEG-N-Fc Conjugate (N-Terminal)
(Step 1) Production and Purification of Fab′-PEG Conjugate (N-Terminal) 40 mg of the purified Fab ′ obtained in Step 1 of Example 8 was added to 100 mg of sodium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0). After being dissolved at a concentration of / mL, butyl ALD-PEG-butyl ALD (3.4 kDa, Nektar) was added so that the Fab ′: PEG molar ratio was 1: 5. After adding NaCNBH 3 as a reducing agent to a final concentration of 20 mM, the mixture was reacted for 2 hours while gradually stirring at 4 ° C.

反応終了後、反応緩衝液を２０ｍＭのリン酸ナトリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ６．０）で交換した。緩衝液の交換後、反応物をｐｏｌｙＣＡＴカラム（ＰｏｌｙＬＣ社）に負荷し、２０ｍＭの酢酸塩緩衝液（ｐＨ４．５）を用いた直線濃度勾配（塩化ナトリウムの濃度０．１５Ｍ→０．４Ｍ）法で溶出し、Ｆａｂ’のＮ末端にリンカーＰＥＧが結合したＦａｂ’−ＰＥＧ連結体分画を先に溶出させて得た後、反応していないＦａｂ’を溶出させて除去した。   After completion of the reaction, the reaction buffer was exchanged with 20 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0). After exchanging the buffer solution, the reaction product was loaded on a polyCAT column (PolyLC), and a linear concentration gradient (sodium chloride concentration 0.15 M → 0.4 M) method using 20 mM acetate buffer (pH 4.5) After elution, a Fab′-PEG conjugate fraction in which the linker PEG was bound to the N-terminus of Fab ′ was eluted first, and then unreacted Fab ′ was eluted and removed.

（段階２）Ｆａｂ’−Ｎ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ結合体の製造および精製
段階１で精製されたＦａｂ’−ＰＥＧ連結体を免疫グロブリンＦｃのＮ末端に結合させるために、１００ｍＭのリン酸ナトリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ６．０）に１０ｍｇ／ｍＬの濃度で溶解させた後、同一の緩衝液に溶解された免疫グロブリンＦｃをＦａｂ’−ＰＥＧ連結体：Ｆｃのモル比が１：５となるように入れた。最終蛋白質の濃度が５０ｍｇ／ｍＬとなるように濃縮し、還元剤としてＮａＣＮＢＨ３を最終濃度が２０ｍＭとなるように添加した後、４℃で徐々に攪拌しながら２４時間反応させた。 (Step 2) Production and purification of Fab′-N-PEG-N-Fc conjugate 100 mM sodium phosphate for conjugating Fab′-PEG conjugate purified in step 1 to the N-terminus of immunoglobulin Fc After dissolving in a buffer solution (pH 6.0) at a concentration of 10 mg / mL, the immunoglobulin Fc dissolved in the same buffer solution is adjusted so that the Fab′-PEG conjugate: Fc molar ratio is 1: 5. I put it in. After concentrating to a final protein concentration of 50 mg / mL and adding NaCNBH 3 as a reducing agent to a final concentration of 20 mM, the mixture was reacted at 4 ° C. with gradual stirring for 24 hours.

カップリング反応の終了後、反応液を１０ｍＭのリン酸ナトリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ７．３）で平衡化させたＳｕｐｅｒｄｅｘ２００カラム（Superdex 200、Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）に滴下し、同一の緩衝液を１ｍＬ／分の流速で流して溶出させた。カップリングされたＦａｂ’−Ｎ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ結合体は、分子量が大きいので先に溶出し、反応していない免疫グロブリンＦｃおよびＦａｂ’−ＰＥＧ連結体は後で溶出するため除去することができた。残存する未反応免疫グロブリンＦｃを完全に除去するために、溶出したＦａｂ’−Ｎ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ結合体分画をさらにｐｏｌｙＣＡＴ ２１×２５０カラム（ＰｏｌｙＬＣ社）に負荷し、２０ｍＭのリン酸ナトリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ６．０）を用いた直線濃度勾配（塩化ナトリウムの濃度０．１５Ｍ→０．５Ｍ）法で溶出し、免疫グロブリンＦｃ−ＰＥＧ連結体がＦａｂ’のＮ末端に連結されたＦａｂ’−Ｎ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ結合体を純粋に得た。   After completion of the coupling reaction, the reaction solution was dropped onto a Superdex 200 column (Superdex 200, Pharmacia) equilibrated with 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.3), and the same buffer was flowed at a flow rate of 1 mL / min. And eluted. The coupled Fab′-N-PEG-N-Fc conjugate is eluted first due to its high molecular weight, and unreacted immunoglobulin Fc and Fab′-PEG conjugates are removed for later elution. I was able to. In order to completely remove the remaining unreacted immunoglobulin Fc, the eluted Fab′-N-PEG-N-Fc conjugate fraction was further loaded onto a polyCAT 21 × 250 column (PolyLC) and 20 mM phosphoric acid. A Fab in which an immunoglobulin Fc-PEG conjugate was linked to the N-terminus of Fab ′ by elution using a linear concentration gradient (sodium chloride concentration of 0.15 M → 0.5 M) using sodium buffer (pH 6.0) The '-N-PEG-N-Fc conjugate was obtained pure.

（実施例１０）脱糖鎖化免疫グロブリンＦｃの製造および精製
前記実施例１と同一の方法で製造した免疫グロブリンＦｃ２００ｍｇを１００ｍＭのリン酸塩緩衝液（ｐＨ７．５）に２ｍｇ／ｍＬとなるように調製した後、脱糖鎖化酵素ＰＮＧａｓｅ Ｆ（ＮＥＢ社）を３００Ｕ／ｍｇとなるように添加した。反応混合物を３７℃で２４時間徐々に攪拌しながら反応させた。反応終了後、脱糖鎖化免疫グロブリンＦｃを精製するために、反応物をＳＰセファロースＦＦカラム（Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）に負荷し、１０ｍＭの酢酸塩緩衝液（ｐＨ４．５）条件で１ＭのＮａＣｌを使用した直線濃度勾配（０．１Ｍ→０．６Ｍ）法で溶出させ、天然型免疫グロブリンＦｃ分画を先に溶出させた後、脱糖鎖化免疫グロブリンＦｃ（deglycosylated FC：ＤＧ Ｆｃ）を溶出させて得た。 (Example 10) Production and purification of deglycosylated immunoglobulin Fc 200 mg of immunoglobulin Fc produced by the same method as in Example 1 above was adjusted to 2 mg / mL in 100 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.5). Then, deglycosylation enzyme PNGase F (NEB) was added at 300 U / mg. The reaction mixture was reacted at 37 ° C. with gradual stirring for 24 hours. After the reaction, in order to purify the deglycosylated immunoglobulin Fc, the reaction product was loaded on an SP Sepharose FF column (Pharmacia) and 1M NaCl was used under the condition of 10 mM acetate buffer (pH 4.5). The natural immunoglobulin Fc fraction is eluted first, followed by elution of deglycosylated immunoglobulin Fc (DG Fc). I got it.

（実施例１１）ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ結合体の製造
前記実施例１の段階２で精製されたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体に、前記実施例１０で製造された脱糖鎖化免疫グロブリンＦｃを結合させるために、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体を１０ｍＭのリン酸塩緩衝液に溶解されたＤＧ ＦｃにＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体：ＤＧ Ｆｃのモル比がそれぞれ１：１、１：２、１：４および１：８となるように添加して反応させた。反応液を１００ｍＭのリン酸塩緩衝液に調製し、還元剤としてＮａＣＮＢＨ３を最終濃度が２０ｍＭとなるように添加した後、４℃で２０時間徐々に攪拌しながら反応させた。これにより、反応性が最も良くて二量体などの副産物が少ないＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体：ＤＧ Ｆｃの最適反応モル比は１：２であることを確認した。 (Example 11) Production of IFNα-PEG-DG Fc conjugate The deglycosylated immunoglobulin Fc produced in Example 10 was bound to the IFNα-PEG conjugate purified in Step 2 of Example 1. In order to allow the IFNα-PEG conjugate to have a molar ratio of IFNα-PEG conjugate: DG Fc to DG Fc dissolved in 10 mM phosphate buffer, 1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 4 and 1 respectively. : Added and reacted to be 8. The reaction solution was prepared in a 100 mM phosphate buffer, and NaCNBH 3 was added as a reducing agent so that the final concentration was 20 mM, and then reacted at 4 ° C. with gentle stirring for 20 hours. This confirmed that the optimal reaction molar ratio of IFNα-PEG conjugate: DG Fc was 1: 2 with the best reactivity and few by-products such as dimers.

結合反応後、未反応物質および副産物を除去し、生成されたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体を精製するために、反応混合物を用いてＳｕｐｅｒｄｅｘ（SuperdexR、Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）サイズ排除クロマトグラフィを行った。リン酸塩緩衝液（ｐＨ７．３）を用いて流速２．５ｍＬ／分でカラムに通過させ、結合していないＤＧ Ｆｃおよび未反応物質を除去し、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体分画を精製した。これから得られたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体分画には、不純物として少量の未反応ＤＧ ＦｃおよびＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体が混在しているから、これを除去するためにさらに陽イオン交換樹脂クロマトグラフィを行った。ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体分画を１０ｍＭの酢酸ナトリウム（ｐＨ４．５）で平衡化させたＰｏｌｙＣＡＴ ＬＰカラム（ＰｏｌｙＬＣ社）に仕込み、１ＭのＮａＣｌを含んだ１０ｍＭの酢酸ナトリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ４．５）を用いた直線濃度勾配（塩化ナトリウムの濃度０Ｍ→０．６Ｍ）法で溶出してさらに精製し、最後に陰イオン交換カラムを用いてＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体を純粋に獲得した。ＰｏｌｙＷＡＸ ＬＰカラム（ＰｏｌｙＬＣ社）を１０ｍＭのＴｒｉｓ−ＨＣｌ緩衝液（ｐＨ７．５）で平衡化させた後、精製されたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体分画を負荷し、１Ｍの塩化ナトリウムを含んだ１０ｍＭのＴｒｉｓ−ＨＣｌ緩衝液（ｐＨ７．５）を用いた直線濃度勾配（塩化ナトリウムの濃度０Ｍ→０．３Ｍ）法で溶出して純粋なＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体を精製した。 After binding reaction, to remove unreacted materials and by-products, in order to purify the generated IFNα-PEG-DG Fc protein conjugate, Superdex using reaction mixtures (Superdex R, Pharmacia Co.) was performed by size exclusion chromatography . Pass through the column with phosphate buffer (pH 7.3) at a flow rate of 2.5 mL / min to remove unbound DG Fc and unreacted material, and fraction of IFNα-PEG-DG Fc protein conjugate Was purified. Since the IFNα-PEG-DG Fc protein conjugate fraction obtained from this mixture contains a small amount of unreacted DG Fc and IFNα-PEG conjugate as impurities, a cation exchange resin is further used to remove this. Chromatography was performed. The IFNα-PEG-DG Fc protein conjugate fraction was loaded onto a PolyCAT LP column (PolyLC) equilibrated with 10 mM sodium acetate (pH 4.5), and 10 mM sodium acetate buffer (pH 4) containing 1 M NaCl. 5), and further purified by elution with a linear gradient (sodium chloride concentration 0 M → 0.6 M), and finally the IFNα-PEG-DG Fc protein conjugate was purified using an anion exchange column. Won. After equilibrating a PolyWAX LP column (PolyLC) with 10 mM Tris-HCl buffer (pH 7.5), the purified IFNα-PEG-DG Fc protein conjugate fraction was loaded and 1 M sodium chloride was added. The pure IFNα-PEG-DG Fc protein conjugate was purified by elution with a linear concentration gradient (sodium chloride concentration 0 M → 0.3 M) using 10 mM Tris-HCl buffer (pH 7.5). .

（実施例１２）組み換え非糖鎖化免疫グロブリンＦｃ誘導体の製造および精製
（ＩｇＧ４ Ｆｃ誘導体１発現ベクターの製造）
ヒト免疫グロブリンＩｇＧ４重鎖不変領域を製造するために、天然型ヒンジ領域でアミノ末端から９個のアミノ酸が除去された誘導体１（ＩｇＧ４ ｄｅｌｔａ−Ｃｙｓ）と、１２個のアミノ酸が全て除去されてヒンジ領域が欠失された誘導体２（ＩｇＧ４単量体）を製造した。大腸菌分泌配列を含んだ発現ベクターは、本発明者によって開発されたｐＴ１４Ｓ１ＳＨ−４Ｔ２０Ｖ２２Ｑ（大韓民国特許第３８０６１号）を使用した。
ヒト免疫グロブリンＩｇＧ４の重鎖不変領域を製作するために、ヒトの血液から収得した血球細胞のＲＮＡを鋳型として次のようなＲＴ−ＰＣＲを行った。Ｑｉａｍｐ ＲＮＡ ｂｌｏｏｄキット（Ｑｉａｇｅｎ社）を用いて約６ｍＬの血液から全体ＲＮＡを収得した後、このＲＮＡを鋳型として配列番号１および２、配列番号２と３のプライマー対を合成した後、Ｏｎｅ Ｓｔｅｐ ＲＴ−ＰＣＲキット（Ｑｉａｇｅｎ社）を用いて遺伝子を増幅した。配列番号１は、下記ＩｇＧ４ヒンジ領域の１２個のアミノ酸配列のうち１０番目のアミノ酸配列であるセリンから始まる配列であり、配列番号３は、ＣＨ２ドメインの一番目のアミノ酸であるアラニンから始まるように設計されている。配列番号２は、終結コドンを含んだＢａｍＨＩ制限酵素認識部位を挿入した。
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gag tcc aaa tat ggt ccc cca tgc cca tca tgc cca
ctc agg ttt ata cca ggg ggt acg ggt agt acg ggt
Glu Ser Lys Tyr Gly Pro Pro Cys Pro Ser Cys Pro
それぞれ増幅されたＩｇＧ４不変領域断片を、大腸菌分泌配列誘導体を用いた発現ベクターにクローニングするために、本発明者によって開発された発現ベクターｐＴ１４Ｓ１ＳＨ−４Ｔ２０Ｖ２２Ｑ（大韓民国特許第３８０６１号）を使用した。前記発現ベクターは、配列番号４で表わされる塩基配列を有する熱安定性エンテロトキシン分泌配列誘導体を含む。クローニングを容易にするために、ｐＴ１４Ｓ１ＳＨ−４Ｔ２０Ｖ２２Ｑプラスミドの熱安定性エンテロトキシン分泌配列誘導体に配列番号５および６のプライマー対を使用した部位特異的突然変異誘発(site-directed mutagenesis)を行い、分泌配列の最後の遺伝子配列にＳｔｕＩ制限酵素認識部位を挿入し、塩基配列分析法によって正確にＳｔｕＩ制限酵素認識部位が生成されたことを確認した。ｐＴ１４Ｓ１ＳＨ−４Ｔ２０Ｖ２２ＱプラスミドにＳｔｕＩ制限酵素認識部位が生成されたプラスミドをｐｍＳＴＩＩと命名した。前記のように製作されたプラスミドｐｍＳＴＩＩにＳｔｕＩ／ＢａｍＩＩ制限酵素を処理した後、アガロースゲルに電気泳動を行い、大腸菌熱安定性エンテロトキシ分泌配列誘導体を含む大きい断片（４．７ｋｂ）を回収した。前記増幅された遺伝子をＢａｍＨＩ制限酵素で処理した後発現ベクターに挿入してプラスミドｐＳＴＩＩｄＣＧ４ＦｃおよびｐＳＴＩＩＧ４Ｍｏを製作した。 (Example 12) Production and purification of recombinant non-glycosylated immunoglobulin Fc derivative (Production of IgG4 Fc derivative 1 expression vector)
In order to produce the human immunoglobulin IgG4 heavy chain constant region, derivative 1 (IgG4 delta-Cys) from which 9 amino acids were removed from the amino terminus in the native hinge region, and 12 amino acids were all removed to hinge Derivative 2 (IgG4 monomer) in which the region was deleted was produced. PT14S1SH-4T20V22Q (Korean Patent No. 38061) developed by the present inventors was used as an expression vector containing the E. coli secretion sequence.
In order to produce the heavy chain constant region of human immunoglobulin IgG4, the following RT-PCR was performed using RNA of blood cells obtained from human blood as a template. Total RNA was collected from about 6 mL of blood using a Qiamp RNA blood kit (Qiagen), and then a primer pair of SEQ ID NOs: 1 and 2, and SEQ ID NOs: 2 and 3 was synthesized using this RNA as a template, and then One Step RT -The gene was amplified using a PCR kit (Qiagen). SEQ ID NO: 1 is a sequence starting from serine, which is the 10th amino acid sequence of the 12 amino acid sequences of the following IgG4 hinge region, and SEQ ID NO: 3 starts from alanine, which is the first amino acid of the CH2 domain Designed. SEQ ID NO: 2 inserted a BamHI restriction enzyme recognition site containing a termination codon.
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gag tcc aaa tat ggt ccc cca tgc cca tca tgc cca
ctc agg ttt ata cca ggg ggt acg ggt agt acg ggt
Glu Ser Lys Tyr Gly Pro Pro Cys Pro Ser Cys Pro
The expression vector pT14S1SH-4T20V22Q (Korean Patent No. 38061) developed by the present inventor was used to clone each amplified IgG4 constant region fragment into an expression vector using an E. coli secretory sequence derivative. The expression vector includes a thermostable enterotoxin secretion sequence derivative having the base sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 4. To facilitate cloning, site-directed mutagenesis was performed using the primer pair of SEQ ID NOs: 5 and 6 on the thermostable enterotoxin secretory sequence derivative of the pT14S1SH-4T20V22Q plasmid to A StuI restriction enzyme recognition site was inserted into the final gene sequence, and it was confirmed that the StuI restriction enzyme recognition site was correctly generated by nucleotide sequence analysis. A plasmid in which a StuI restriction enzyme recognition site was generated in the pT14S1SH-4T20V22Q plasmid was named pmSTII. The plasmid pmSTII prepared as described above was treated with StuI / BamII restriction enzyme, followed by electrophoresis on an agarose gel, and a large fragment (4.7 kb) containing an E. coli thermostable enterotoxin secretion sequence derivative was recovered. The amplified gene was treated with BamHI restriction enzyme and then inserted into an expression vector to prepare plasmids pSTIIdCG4Fc and pSTIIG4Mo.

前記製作された発現ベクターを発現宿主の大腸菌ＢＬ２１（ＤＥ３）に形質転換させて大腸菌形質転換体ＢＬ２１／ｐＳＴＩＩｄＣＧ４Ｆｃ（ＨＭ１０９３２）とＢＬ２１／ｐＳＴＩＩＧ４Ｍｏ（ＨＭ１０９３３）を得、これらを韓国微生物保存センター（ＫＣＣＭ）に２００４年９月１５日付で寄託した（寄託番号：ＫＣＣＭ−１０５９７、ＫＣＣＭ−１０５９８）。以後、吸光度６００ｎｍでのＯＤ値が８０となる時期に誘導物質(inducer)ＩＰＴＧを投与して発現を誘導した。これを４０〜４５時間高濃度で培養して吸光度６００ｎｍでのＯＤ値が１００〜１２０となるようにした。発酵液から回収された大腸菌細胞を破砕して細胞溶血液(cell lysate)を得、細胞質内に存在する組み換え免疫グロブリン不変領域誘導体を２段階カラムクロマトグラフィによって精製した。   The prepared expression vector is transformed into E. coli BL21 (DE3) as an expression host to obtain E. coli transformants BL21 / pSTIIdCG4Fc (HM10932) and BL21 / pSTIIG4Mo (HM10933), which are stored in the Korean Microbiology Conservation Center (KCCM). Deposited on September 15, 2004 (deposit numbers: KCCM-10597, KCCM-10598). Thereafter, expression was induced by administering an inducer IPTG at a time when the OD value at an absorbance of 600 nm reached 80. This was cultured at a high concentration for 40 to 45 hours so that the OD value at an absorbance of 600 nm was 100 to 120. E. coli cells recovered from the fermentation broth were disrupted to obtain cell lysate, and recombinant immunoglobulin constant region derivatives present in the cytoplasm were purified by two-step column chromatography.

プロテインＡ親和性カラム（protein A affinity column、Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）５ｍＬをＰＢＳで平衡化した後、前記細胞溶血液を５ｍＬ／分の流速で負荷した。結合していない分画をＰＢＳで洗浄した後、１００ｍＭのクエン酸溶液（ｐＨ３．０）で溶出させた。溶出した分画を脱塩カラム（desalting column、ＨｉＰｒｅｐ ２６／１０、Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）を用いて１０ｍＭのＴｒｉｓ緩衝液（ｐＨ８．０）で交換した。その後、Ｑ ＨＰ ２６／１０カラム（Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）５０ｍＬを用いて２次陰イオン交換カラムクロマトグラフィを行い、１次精製された組み換えＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体分画を結合させた後、１０ｍＭのＴｒｉｓ条件（ｐＨ８．０）で直線濃度勾配（塩化ナトリウムの濃度０Ｍ→０．２Ｍ）法によって溶出し、組み換え非糖鎖化免疫グロブリンＦｃ（aglycosylated Fc：ＡＧ Ｆｃ）誘導体であるＩｇＧ４ ｄｅｌｔａ−ＣｙｓおよびＩｇＧ４単量体分画を高純度で得た。   After 5 mL of protein A affinity column (Pharmacia) was equilibrated with PBS, the cell lysate was loaded at a flow rate of 5 mL / min. The unbound fraction was washed with PBS and then eluted with a 100 mM citric acid solution (pH 3.0). The eluted fraction was exchanged with 10 mM Tris buffer (pH 8.0) using a desalting column (HiPrep 26/10, Pharmacia). Subsequently, secondary anion exchange column chromatography was performed using 50 mL of Q HP 26/10 column (Pharmacia) to bind the first purified recombinant AG Fc derivative fraction, and then 10 mM Tris condition (pH 8. 0) and eluted with a linear concentration gradient (sodium chloride concentration 0 M → 0.2 M) method, and fractions of IgG4 delta-Cys and IgG4 monomers, which are recombinant aglycosylated Fc (AG Fc) derivatives A picture was obtained with high purity.

（実施例１３）ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体と組み換えＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体の結合体の製造
前記実施例１および１１と同一の方法により、実施例１２で製造されたＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体であるＩｇＧ４ ｄｅｌｔａ−ＣｙｓのＮ末端にＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体を結合させた。融合反応後、未反応物質および副産物を除去し、生成されたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＡＧ Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体（Ｉ）を精製するために、Ｑ ＨＰ２６／１０カラム（Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）５０ｍＬを用いて１次精製した後、高圧カラムのｐｏｌｙＣＡＴ ２１．５×２５０カラム（ＰｏｌｙＬＣ社）で高純度の結合体を精製した。カップリング反応液を脱塩カラムＨｉＰｒｅｐ ２６／１０（Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）を用いて１０ｍＭのＴｒｉｓ緩衝液（ｐＨ８．０）で交換した後、Ｑ ＨＰ ２６／１０ ５０ｍＬカラムに８ｍＬ／分の流速で負荷して結合させた後、直線濃度勾配（塩化ナトリウムの濃度０Ｍ→０．２Ｍ）法で所望の分画を得た。溶出した分画を１０ｍＭの酢酸塩緩衝液（ｐＨ５．２）で平衡化されたｐｏｌｙＣＡＴ２１．５×２５０カラムに１５ｍＬ／分の流速でさらに結合させた後、直線濃度勾配（塩化ナトリウムの濃度０．１Ｍ→０．３Ｍ）法で溶出させて高純度の分画を得ることができた。同一の方法により、実施例１２で製造された別のＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体であるＩｇＧ４単量体を用いてＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＡＧ Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体（ＩＩ）を製造した。 Example 13 Production of Conjugate of IFNα-PEG Conjugate and Recombinant AG Fc Derivative N of IgG4 delta-Cys, which is the AG Fc derivative produced in Example 12, by the same method as in Examples 1 and 11 above. The IFNα-PEG conjugate was bound to the end. After the fusion reaction, unreacted substances and by-products are removed, and primary purification is performed using 50 mL of Q HP26 / 10 column (Pharmacia) in order to purify the produced IFNα-PEG-AG Fc protein conjugate (I). After that, the high-purity conjugate was purified with a polyCAT 21.5 × 250 column (PolyLC) as a high-pressure column. The coupling reaction solution was exchanged with 10 mM Tris buffer (pH 8.0) using a desalting column HiPrep 26/10 (Pharmacia), and then loaded onto a Q HP 26/10 50 mL column at a flow rate of 8 mL / min. Then, the desired fraction was obtained by a linear concentration gradient (sodium chloride concentration 0 M → 0.2 M) method. The eluted fraction was further bound to a polyCAT 21.5 × 250 column equilibrated with 10 mM acetate buffer (pH 5.2) at a flow rate of 15 mL / min, followed by a linear concentration gradient (sodium chloride concentration of 0.1). 1M → 0.3M) to obtain a high-purity fraction. By the same method, IFNα-PEG-AG Fc protein conjugate (II) was produced using IgG4 monomer which is another AG Fc derivative produced in Example 12.

（実施例１４）ヒト赤血球生成因子（ＥＰＯ）−ＰＥＧ−組み換えＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体の結合体の製造
前記実施例１３と同一の方法により、ＥＰＯ−ＰＥＧ連結体とＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体であるＩｇＧ４ ｄｅｌｔａ−Ｃｙｓとが連結された結合体を製造した。 Example 14 Production of Conjugate of Human Erythropoiesis Factor (EPO) -PEG-Recombinant AG Fc Derivative According to the same method as in Example 13, EPO-PEG conjugate and IgG 4 delta-Cys which is an AG Fc derivative To produce a conjugated conjugate.

（比較例１）ＩＦＮα−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ連結体の製造
１００ｍＭのリン酸カリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ６．０）にインターフェロンアルファ５ｍｇを仕込んで最終体積が５ｍＬとなるように調製した後、ＰＥＧの分子量４０ｋＤａの活性化メトキシ−ＰＥＧ−アルデヒド（Ｓｈｅａｒｗａｔｅｒ社）をインターフェロンアルファ：４０Ｋ ＰＥＧのモル比が１：４となるように前記溶液に添加した。前記反応溶液に還元剤ＮａＣＮＢＨ３を最終濃度が２０ｍＭとなるように添加した後、４℃で１８時間徐々に攪拌させながら反応させた。インターフェロンアルファに反応していないＰＥＧを不活性化させるために、エタノールアミンを最終濃度が５０ｍＭとなるように添加した。
未反応ＰＥＧの分離および緩衝液の交替のためにセファデキスＧ−２５カラム（Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）を用いた。まず、２カラム体積（column volume；ＣＶ）の１０ｍＭ Ｔｒｉｓ−ＨＣｌ緩衝液（ｐＨ７．５）でカラムを平衡化させた後、反応混合物を滴下し、波長２６０ｎｍで紫外部吸光計によって吸光度を検出した。前記カラムを同一の緩衝液で溶出させると、大きさが更に大きいＰＥＧでＮ末端に修飾されたインターフェロンアルファが先に溶出し、未反応ＰＥＧは時差をおいて後で溶出するため、ＩＦＮα−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧのみを分離することができる。 (Comparative Example 1) Production of IFNα-40K PEG Conjugate After preparing 5 mg of interferon alfa in 100 mM potassium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0) to a final volume of 5 mL, the activity of PEG having a molecular weight of 40 kDa Methoxy-PEG-aldehyde (Shearwater) was added to the solution so that the molar ratio of interferon alpha: 40K PEG was 1: 4. After adding the reducing agent NaCNBH 3 to the reaction solution so as to have a final concentration of 20 mM, the reaction was carried out while gradually stirring at 4 ° C. for 18 hours. In order to inactivate PEG that did not react with interferon alpha, ethanolamine was added to a final concentration of 50 mM.
A Sephadex G-25 column (Pharmacia) was used for separation of unreacted PEG and buffer exchange. First, after equilibrating the column with 2 column volume (CV) of 10 mM Tris-HCl buffer (pH 7.5), the reaction mixture was dropped, and the absorbance was detected with an ultraviolet spectrophotometer at a wavelength of 260 nm. . When the column is eluted with the same buffer, interferon alpha modified at the N-terminus with a larger PEG is eluted first, and unreacted PEG is eluted later with a time difference. Therefore, IFNα-40K Only PEG can be separated.

前記で得た溶出液からＩＦＮα−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ連結体をさらに純粋に分離、精製するために、次のようにクロマトグラフィを行った。３ｍＬのＰｏｌｙＷＡＸ ＬＰカラム（Ｐｏｌｙｗａｘ社）を１０ｍＭのＴｒｉｓ−ＨＣｌ緩衝液（ｐＨ７．５）で平衡化させた。ＰＥＧ−ＩＦＮα連結体を含有する溶出液を１ｍＬ／分の流速でカラムに付加した後、１５ｍＬの平衡緩衝液で洗浄した。３０ｍＬの１Ｍ ＮａＣｌ緩衝液を用いて、３０分間に０〜１００％へと変化する塩濃度勾配法を用いてトリ−、ジ−およびモノ−ＰＥＧが結合したインターフェロンアルファを順序とおりに溶出させた。   In order to further purify and purify the IFNα-40K PEG conjugate from the eluate obtained above, chromatography was performed as follows. A 3 mL PolyWAX LP column (Polywax) was equilibrated with 10 mM Tris-HCl buffer (pH 7.5). The eluate containing the PEG-IFNα conjugate was added to the column at a flow rate of 1 mL / min and then washed with 15 mL of equilibration buffer. Tri-, di- and mono-PEG-conjugated interferon alpha was eluted in sequence using 30 mL of 1 M NaCl buffer using a salt gradient method varying from 0 to 100% over 30 minutes.

さらに純粋なモノ−ＰＥＧ結合インターフェロンアルファを分離するために、前記で収得したモノ−ＰＥＧとインターフェロンアルファの連結体溶出分画をもってサイズ排除クロマトグラフィを行った。１０ｍＭのリン酸ナトリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ７．０）で平衡化させたＳｕｐｅｒｄｅｘ２００（Superdex 200、Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）に前記溶出液を濃縮して滴下した後、同一の緩衝液で溶出させた。この際、１ｍＬ／分の流速で緩衝液を流した。トリ−およびジ−ＰＥＧが結合したインターフェロンアルファは、モノ−ＰＥＧが結合したインターフェロンアルファよりも溶出時間が相対的に早いので、これを除去して、モノ−ＰＥＧが結合したインターフェロンアルファのみを純粋に分離した。   Further, in order to separate pure mono-PEG-conjugated interferon alpha, size exclusion chromatography was performed on the fraction obtained by elution of the mono-PEG and interferon alpha conjugate obtained above. The eluate was concentrated and added dropwise to Superdex 200 (Superdex 200, Pharmacia) equilibrated with 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.0), followed by elution with the same buffer. At this time, the buffer was flowed at a flow rate of 1 mL / min. Tri- and di-PEG conjugated interferon alpha has a relatively faster elution time than mono-PEG conjugated interferon alpha, so it can be removed to purify only mono-PEG conjugated interferon alpha. separated.

同一の方法により、ヒト成長ホルモン、顆粒球コロニー刺激因子およびその誘導体のアミノ末端に４０Ｋ ＰＥＧが結合したｈＧＨ−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ、Ｇ−ＣＳＦ−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧおよび４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ−１７Ｓ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ誘導体の連結体を製造した。 By the same method, coupling of human growth hormone, granulocyte colony stimulating factor and hGH-40K PEG to 40K PEG is linked to the amino terminus of a derivative thereof, G-CSF-40K PEG and 40K PEG- 17 S-G-CSF derivative The body was manufactured.

（比較例２）ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン結合体の製造
実施例１の段階２で精製されたＩＦＮαＦ−ＰＥＧ連結体をアルブミンのアミノ末端に結合させるために、１０ｍＭのリン酸塩緩衝液に溶解されたヒトアルブミン（human serum albumin、ＨＳＡ、約６７ｋＤａ、緑十字）をＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体：アルブミンのモル比が１：１、１：２、１：４および１：８となるように添加した後、反応させた。反応液を１００ｍＭのリン酸塩緩衝液に調製し、還元剤としてＮａＣＮＢＨ３を最終濃度が２０ｍＭとなるように添加した後、４℃で２０時間徐々に攪拌しながら反応させた。これにより、反応性が最も良くて二量体などの副産物が少ないＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ連結体：アルブミンの最適反応モル比は１：２であることを確認した。 Comparative Example 2 Production of IFNα-PEG-Albumin Conjugate To bind the IFNαF-PEG conjugate purified in Step 2 of Example 1 to the amino terminus of albumin, it was dissolved in 10 mM phosphate buffer. After adding human albumin (human serum albumin, HSA, approximately 67 kDa, green cross) so that the molar ratio of IFNα-PEG conjugate: albumin is 1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 4 and 1: 8. , Reacted. The reaction solution was prepared in a 100 mM phosphate buffer, and NaCNBH 3 was added as a reducing agent so that the final concentration was 20 mM, and then reacted at 4 ° C. with gentle stirring for 20 hours. Thus, it was confirmed that the optimal reaction molar ratio of IFNα-PEG conjugate: albumin having the best reactivity and few by-products such as dimer was 1: 2.

結合反応の後、未反応物質および副産物を除去し、生成されたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン蛋白質結合体を精製するために、Ｓｕｐｅｒｄｅｘサイズ排除クロマトグラフィを行った。各反応混合物を濃縮した後、１０ｍＭの酢酸ナトリウム緩衝液を２．５ｍＬ／分の流速でカラムに通過させ、結合していないアルブミンおよび未反応物質を除去し、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン蛋白質結合体のみを精製した。得られたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン蛋白質結合体分画には、不純物として少量の未反応アルブミンおよびインターフェロンアルファ二量体が混ぜられているので、これを除去するためにさらに陽イオン交換樹脂クロマトグラフィを行った。ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン蛋白質結合体分画を１０ｍＭの酢酸ナトリウム溶液（ｐＨ４．５）で平衡化させたカラム（ＳＰ５ＰＷ、Ｗａｔｅｒｓ社）に仕込み、１Ｍの塩化ナトリウム（ＮａＣｌ）を含んだ１０ｍＭの酢酸ナトリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ４．５）を用いた直線濃度勾配（塩化ナトリウムの濃度０Ｍ→０．５Ｍ）法で溶出してさらに精製し、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン蛋白質結合体を純粋に獲得した。   After the binding reaction, Superdex size exclusion chromatography was performed to remove unreacted materials and by-products and to purify the resulting IFNα-PEG-albumin protein conjugate. After concentrating each reaction mixture, 10 mM sodium acetate buffer was passed through the column at a flow rate of 2.5 mL / min to remove unbound albumin and unreacted material, and IFNα-PEG-albumin protein conjugate only Was purified. The obtained IFNα-PEG-albumin protein conjugate fraction is mixed with a small amount of unreacted albumin and interferon alpha dimer as impurities, and further cation exchange resin chromatography was performed to remove this. It was. The IFNα-PEG-albumin protein conjugate fraction was loaded onto a column (SP5PW, Waters) equilibrated with 10 mM sodium acetate solution (pH 4.5), and 10 mM sodium acetate containing 1 M sodium chloride (NaCl). Further purification was carried out by elution with a linear concentration gradient (sodium chloride concentration 0 M → 0.5 M) method using a buffer (pH 4.5) to obtain IFNα-PEG-albumin protein conjugate purely.

同一の方法により、ヒト成長ホルモン、Ｇ−ＣＳＦおよびその誘導体にそれぞれアルブミンが結合したｈＧＨ−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン、Ｇ−ＣＳＦ−ＰＥＧ−アルブミンおよび１７Ｓ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン結合体を製造した。 By the same method, hGH-PEG-albumin, G-CSF-PEG-albumin, and 17 S-G-CSF-PEG-albumin conjugate in which albumin was bound to human growth hormone, G-CSF and its derivatives were produced. .

（比較例３）Ｆａｂ’−Ｓ−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ連結体の製造
実施例８の段階１で精製されたＦａｂ’に存在する遊離システイン基を活性化させるために、活性化緩衝液（２０ｍＭの酢酸ナトリウム（ｐＨ４．０）、０．２ｍＭのＤＴＴ）に１時間放置した。ＰＥＧ修飾緩衝液である５０Ｍのリン酸カリウム（ｐＨ６．５）で緩衝液を交換した後、マレイミド−ＰＥＧ（分子量４０ｋＤａ、Ｓｈｅａｒｗａｔｅｒ社）をＦａｂ’：４０Ｋ ＰＥＧのモル比が１：１０となるように添加した後、４℃で徐々に攪拌しながら２４時間反応させた。 Comparative Example 3 Production of Fab′-S-40K PEG Conjugate To activate the free cysteine group present in Fab ′ purified in Step 1 of Example 8, an activation buffer (20 mM sodium acetate) was used. (PH 4.0), 0.2 mM DTT) for 1 hour. After exchanging the buffer with 50 M potassium phosphate (pH 6.5), which is a PEG modification buffer, maleimide-PEG (molecular weight: 40 kDa, Shearwater) was added so that the molar ratio of Fab ′: 40K PEG was 1:10. Then, the mixture was reacted at 4 ° C. with gradual stirring for 24 hours.

反応終了後、反応液を１０ｍＭのリン酸ナトリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ７．３）で平衡化させたＳｕｐｅｒｄｅｘ２００カラム（Superdex 200、Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）に滴下し、同一の緩衝液を１ｍＬ／分の流速で流して溶出させた。４０Ｋ ＰＥＧが修飾されたＦａｂ’−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ連結体は、分子量が大きくて、反応していないＦａｂ’より早く溶出し、Ｆａｂ’は後で溶出するため除去することができた。完全に除去されていないＦａｂ’を除去するために、溶出したＦａｂ’−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ連結体分画をｐｏｌｙＣＡＴ ２１×２５０カラム（ＰｏｌｙＬＣ社）を用いて最終精製したが、２０ｍＭのリン酸ナトリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ４．５）を用いた直線濃度勾配（塩化ナトリウムの濃度０．１５Ｍ→０．５Ｍ）法で溶出し、Ｆａｂ’の−ＳＨ基に４０Ｋ ＰＥＧが連結されたＦａｂ’−Ｓ−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ連結体を純粋に得た。   After completion of the reaction, the reaction solution was dropped onto a Superdex 200 column (Superdex 200, Pharmacia) equilibrated with 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.3), and the same buffer was flowed at a flow rate of 1 mL / min. Elute. The Fab'-40K PEG conjugate modified with 40K PEG had a large molecular weight and eluted earlier than unreacted Fab ', which could be removed because it eluted later. In order to remove Fab ′ that was not completely removed, the eluted Fab′-40K PEG conjugate fraction was finally purified using a polyCAT 21 × 250 column (PolyLC), but 20 mM sodium phosphate buffer. (Fab'-S-40K PEG ligation in which 40K PEG was linked to the -SH group of Fab ', which was eluted by the linear concentration gradient method using sodium chloride (pH 4.5) (sodium chloride concentration 0.15M → 0.5M)). The body was obtained purely.

（実験例１）蛋白質結合体の確認および定量
（１−１）蛋白質結合体の確認
前記実施例で製造した蛋白質結合体は、４〜２０％の濃度勾配ゲルおよび１２％のゲルを用いた非還元性ＳＤＳ−ＰＡＧＥおよびＥＬＩＳＡ（Ｒ＆Ｄ ｓｙｓｔｅｍ社）法で確認した。 (Experimental Example 1) Confirmation and Quantification of Protein Conjugate (1-1) Confirmation of Protein Conjugate The protein conjugate produced in the above example was a non-concentrated gel using 4-20% concentration gradient gel and 12% gel. This was confirmed by reducing SDS-PAGE and ELISA (R & D system).

ＳＤＳ−ＰＡＧＥ結果、図３に示すように、生理活性ポリペプチド、非ペプチド性重合体であるＰＥＧおよび免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域のカップリング反応によってＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体（Ａ）、１７Ｓｅｒ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体（Ｂ）およびＥＰＯ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体（Ｃ）が生成されたことを確認した。 As a result of SDS-PAGE, as shown in FIG. 3, IFNα-PEG-Fc conjugate (A), 17 Ser-G by coupling reaction of bioactive polypeptide, PEG which is a non-peptide polymer, and immunoglobulin Fc region. -It was confirmed that a CSF-PEG-Fc conjugate (B) and an EPO-PEG-Fc conjugate (C) were produced.

また、前記実施例１０で製造したＤＧ Ｆｃを確認するために非還元性１２％ＳＤＳ−ＰＡＧＥを行った結果、図６ｂに示すように、天然型Ｆｃに比べて除去された糖鎖分子量だけ減少した位置でＤＧ Ｆｃバンドが検出された。   In addition, as a result of non-reducing 12% SDS-PAGE to confirm the DG Fc produced in Example 10, as shown in FIG. A DG Fc band was detected at this position.

（１−２）蛋白質結合体の定量
前記実施例で製造したそれぞれの蛋白質結合体の量は、Ｓｕｐｅｒｄｅｘカラム（Ｓｕｐｅｒｄｅｘ ７５ ２６／６０、Ｐｈａｒｍａｃｉａ社）と１０ｍＭのリン酸カリウム緩衝液（ｐＨ６．０）を溶出液として用いるサイズ排除クロマトグラフィ上でピーク面積を対照区と比較して換算する方法によって計算した。既に定量されているＩＦＮα、ｈＧＨ、Ｇ−ＣＳＦ、１７Ｓ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ、ＥＰＯおよびＦｃでそれぞれサイズ排除クロマトグラフィを行った後、濃度とピーク面積間の換算係数を測定した。各蛋白質結合体の一定量を使用して同一のサイズ排除クロマトグラフィを行い、ここから得られたピーク面積から免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域に該当するピーク面積を差し引いた値を、各蛋白質結合体に存在する生理活性蛋白質の定量値として決定した。図４は精製されたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体のサイズ排除クロマトグラフィカラム分析結果を示すもので、二量体以上の多量体不純物がない単一ピークを確認した。 (1-2) Quantification of Protein Conjugate The amount of each protein conjugate produced in the above Examples was determined using a Superdex column (Superdex 75 26/60, Pharmacia) and 10 mM potassium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0). Was calculated by a method of converting the peak area by comparison with the control group on size exclusion chromatography using as an eluent. After performing size exclusion chromatography with IFNα, hGH, G-CSF, 17 S-G-CSF, EPO and Fc that have already been quantified, the conversion factor between the concentration and the peak area was measured. The same size exclusion chromatography was performed using a certain amount of each protein conjugate, and the value obtained by subtracting the peak area corresponding to the immunoglobulin Fc region from the obtained peak area was used as the physiological area existing in each protein conjugate. The quantitative value of active protein was determined. FIG. 4 shows the result of size exclusion chromatography column analysis of the purified IFNα-PEG-Fc conjugate. A single peak free from dimer or higher multimeric impurities was confirmed.

Ｆｃが生理活性ポリペプチドに結合すると、生理活性ポリペプチドの抗体でその量を定量するとき、抗体と前記ポリペプチドとの結合が阻害され、クロマトグラフィによって計算される実際値より少なく定量される。ＥＬＩＳＡ分析結果、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃの場合には、ＥＬＩＳＡによって測定された値が大略実際値の約３０％程度であると確認された。   When Fc binds to a physiologically active polypeptide, when the amount of the physiologically active polypeptide is quantified with an antibody, the binding between the antibody and the polypeptide is inhibited and quantified to be less than the actual value calculated by chromatography. As a result of ELISA analysis, in the case of IFNα-PEG-Fc, it was confirmed that the value measured by ELISA was about 30% of the actual value.

（１−３）蛋白質結合体の純度および質量確認
それぞれの実施例で得た蛋白質結合体に対してサイズ排除クロマトグラフィを行った後２８０ｎｍで吸光したとき、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ、ｈＧＨ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ、Ｇ−ＣＳＦ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃおよび１７Ｓｅｒ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃは、分子量７０〜８０ｋＤａの物質の滞留時間帯で単一ピークを示した。 (1-3) Confirmation of purity and mass of protein conjugate When the protein conjugate obtained in each Example was subjected to size exclusion chromatography and then absorbed at 280 nm, IFNα-PEG-Fc, hGH-PEG-Fc , G-CSF-PEG-Fc and 17 Ser-G-CSF-PEG-Fc showed a single peak in the residence time zone of a substance having a molecular weight of 70 to 80 kDa.

一方、実施例１、１１および１３で獲得した蛋白質結合体ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ ＦｃおよびＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−組み換えＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体試料の純度を分析するために、逆相ＨＰＬＣを行った。逆相カラム（Ｖｙｄａｃ社、２５９ ＶＨＰ５４カラム）を用いて分析し、０．５％ＴＦＡの存在下のアセトニトリル溶媒を用いた濃度勾配（４０〜１００％）法によって溶出した。純度は、２８０ｎｍの吸収を測定することによって解析された。その結果、図８から分かるように、結合していないインターフェロンまたは免疫グロブリンＦｃは存在しておらず、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体（Ａ）、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ結合体（Ｂ）およびＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−組み換えＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体結合体（Ｃ）のいずれも９６％以上の純度で純粋に精製された。   On the other hand, reverse phase HPLC was performed to analyze the purity of the protein conjugates IFNα-PEG-Fc, IFNα-PEG-DG Fc and IFNα-PEG-recombinant AG Fc derivative samples obtained in Examples 1, 11 and 13. It was. Analysis was performed using a reverse phase column (Vydac, 259 VHP54 column), and elution was performed by a concentration gradient (40 to 100%) method using an acetonitrile solvent in the presence of 0.5% TFA. Purity was analyzed by measuring absorption at 280 nm. As a result, as can be seen from FIG. 8, there is no unbound interferon or immunoglobulin Fc, and IFNα-PEG-Fc conjugate (A), IFNα-PEG-DG Fc conjugate (B) and IFNα. All of the -PEG-recombinant AG Fc derivative conjugates (C) were purified to a purity of 96% or higher.

各精製された試料の正確な分子量を確認するために、各試料の質量をＭＡＬＤＩ−ＴＯＦ（Ｖｏｙａｇｅｒ ＤＥ−ＳＴＲ、Ａｐｐｌｉｅｄ Ｂｉｏｓｙｓｔｅｍｓ社）超高速質量分析器を用いて分析した。マトリックスとしてはシナピン酸(sinapinic acid)を使用し、それぞれの試験用試料０．５μＬを試料スライドに塗布して自然乾燥させた後、同量のマトリックス溶液を添加し、その後さらに自然乾燥させてイオン源(ion source)に導入した。検出はポジティブ方式でリニアモードＴＯＦ方式の装置を用いて行った。イオンは、遅延したイオン抽出（ＤＥ）を用いる分割抽出供給源で、遅延した抽出時間を７５０ｎｓｅｃ／１５００ｎｓｅｃとして、約２．５ｋＶの全体電位差によって加速化した。   In order to confirm the exact molecular weight of each purified sample, the mass of each sample was analyzed using a MALDI-TOF (Voyager DE-STR, Applied Biosystems) ultrafast mass spectrometer. Sinapinic acid is used as the matrix, 0.5 μL of each test sample is applied to the sample slide and air-dried, then the same amount of matrix solution is added, and then further air-dried. Introduced into the ion source. Detection was carried out using a positive mode and linear mode TOF type device. The ions were accelerated by a total potential difference of about 2.5 kV with a split extraction source using delayed ion extraction (DE), with a delayed extraction time of 750 nsec / 1500 nsec.

下記表１は前記実施例で得たそれぞれのＦｃ蛋白質結合体のＭＬＡＤＩ−ＴＯＦ質量分析結果を数値化して示したものであり、図５はＥＰＯ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体、図７はＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＦｃおよびＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ結合体のＭＡＬＤＩ−ＴＯＦ質量分析結果を示したものである。その結果、収得されたＥＰＯ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体の純度は９５％以上であり、理論値と非常に近い分子量を示した。また、免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域に赤血球生成因子（ＥＰＯ）が１：１で結合した形態であると確認された。   Table 1 below shows the MLADI-TOF mass spectrometric results of the respective Fc protein conjugates obtained in the above Examples in numerical form, FIG. 5 shows the EPO-PEG-Fc conjugate, and FIG. 7 shows the IFNα-PEG. -It shows the results of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry of Fc and IFNα-PEG-DG Fc conjugates. As a result, the purity of the obtained EPO-PEG-Fc protein conjugate was 95% or more, indicating a molecular weight very close to the theoretical value. It was also confirmed that the erythropoietic factor (EPO) was bound to the immunoglobulin Fc region in a 1: 1 ratio.

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また、ＭＡＬＤＩ−ＴＯＦ質量分析法により、実施例１０で製造されたＦｃおよびＤＧ Ｆｃの分子量を測定した結果、ＤＧ Ｆｃの分子量は天然型Ｆｃより３ｋＤａ程度小さい５０ｋＤａと確認された（図６ａ）。減少した３ｋＤａは理論的糖鎖サイズに該当する分子量であって、糖鎖が完全に除去されたことを確認することができた。   As a result of measuring the molecular weights of Fc and DG Fc produced in Example 10 by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, the molecular weight of DG Fc was confirmed to be 50 kDa, which is about 3 kDa smaller than that of natural Fc (FIG. 6a). The reduced 3 kDa was a molecular weight corresponding to the theoretical sugar chain size, and it was confirmed that the sugar chain was completely removed.

下記表２は、前記実施例１１で製造されたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ結合体と、実施例１３で製造されたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−組み換えＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体結合体（ＩおよびＩＩ）のＭＡＬＤＩ−ＴＯＦ質量分析結果を示したものである。ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体の分子量（７５．９ｋＤａ）と比較したとき、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ結合体は約３ｋＤａ程度小さい分子量を示し、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−組み換えＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体結合体（Ｉ）は約３〜４ｋＤａ程度小さい分子量を示した。Ｆｃ単量体に連結されたＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−組み換えＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体結合体（ＩＩ）は、Ｆｃ単量体分子量に該当する２４．５ｋＤａが減少した分子量を示した。   Table 2 below shows the MALDI-TOF mass of the IFNα-PEG-DG Fc conjugate prepared in Example 11 and the IFNα-PEG-recombinant AG Fc derivative conjugate (I and II) prepared in Example 13. The analysis results are shown. When compared to the molecular weight of the IFNα-PEG-Fc conjugate (75.9 kDa), the IFNα-PEG-DG Fc conjugate exhibits a molecular weight as low as about 3 kDa, and the IFNα-PEG-recombinant AG Fc derivative conjugate (I) is The molecular weight was as small as about 3 to 4 kDa. The IFNα-PEG-recombinant AG Fc derivative conjugate (II) linked to the Fc monomer showed a reduced molecular weight of 24.5 kDa corresponding to the Fc monomer molecular weight.

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（実験例２）薬物動態学的な調査Ｉ
各群当たり５匹のＳＤラットにおいて、天然型生理活性蛋白質（対照群）と前記実施例および比較例で製造した−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ連結体、−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン結合体、−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体、−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ結合体、および−ＰＥＧ−組み換えＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体結合体の血液内安定性および薬物動態学的係数(pharmacokinetic parameters)を比較した。対照群および−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ連結体、−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン結合体、−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体、−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ結合体、および−ＰＥＧ−組み換えＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体結合体（試験群）を各１００μｇ／ｋｇずつ皮下注射した後、対照群は注射してから０．５．１、２、４、６、１２、２４、３０、４８、７２および９６時間後に採血し、試験群は注射してから１、６、１２、２４、３０、４８、７２、９６、１２０、２４０および２８８時間後に採血した。ヘパリンを含有するチューブに血液試料を集めて凝固を防止し、エッペンドルフ高速マイクロ遠心分離機で５分間遠心分離して細胞を除去した。血漿内の蛋白質量は、各生理活性蛋白質に対する抗体を用いてＥＬＩＳＡ方法によって測定した。 (Experimental example 2) Pharmacokinetic investigation I
In 5 SD rats per group, the natural physiologically active protein (control group) and the -40K PEG conjugate, -PEG-albumin conjugate, -PEG-Fc conjugate produced in the Examples and Comparative Examples,- The blood stability and pharmacokinetic parameters of PEG-DG Fc conjugate and -PEG-recombinant AG Fc derivative conjugate were compared. Control group and -40K PEG conjugate, -PEG-albumin conjugate, -PEG-Fc conjugate, -PEG-DG Fc conjugate, and -PEG-recombinant AG Fc derivative conjugate (test group) each 100 μg / kg After each subcutaneous injection, blood was drawn 0.5.1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 24, 30, 48, 72 and 96 hours after injection, and the test group was injected 1 Blood was collected after 6, 12, 24, 30, 48, 72, 96, 120, 240 and 288 hours. Blood samples were collected in a tube containing heparin to prevent clotting, and cells were removed by centrifugation for 5 minutes in an Eppendorf high-speed microcentrifuge. The amount of protein in plasma was measured by an ELISA method using an antibody against each physiologically active protein.

ＩＦＮα、ｈＧＨ、Ｇ−ＣＳＦまたはＥＰＯの天然型蛋白質、これらの−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ連結体、−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン結合体、−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体、および−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ結合体の薬物動態の分析結果を下記表３〜表７に示した。下記表において、Ｔｍａｘは最高薬物濃度に到達する時間を、Ｔ１／２は薬物の血中半減期を、ＭＲＴ(mean residence time)は薬物分子の平均的な体内滞留時間をそれぞれ意味する。 Analysis results of pharmacokinetics of natural proteins of IFNα, hGH, G-CSF or EPO, -40K PEG conjugates, -PEG-albumin conjugates, -PEG-Fc conjugates, and -PEG-DG Fc conjugates Are shown in Tables 3 to 7 below. In the table below, T max means the time to reach the maximum drug concentration, T 1/2 means the blood half-life of the drug, and MRT (mean residence time) means the average residence time of the drug molecule in the body.

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前記表３および図９の薬物動態グラフから分かるように、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体の場合、血中半減期は９０．４時間であって天然型に比べて約５０倍増加した。これは比較例１で製造したＩＦＮα−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧの半減期である３５．８時間より約２．５倍増加したものである。また、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−アルブミンの半減期である１７．１時間に比べても、本発明のＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体が著しく優れた血中半減期を示すことを確認した。   As can be seen from the pharmacokinetic graph of Table 3 and FIG. 9, in the case of the IFNα-PEG-Fc protein conjugate, the blood half-life was 90.4 hours, which was about 50 times higher than that of the natural type. This is an increase of about 2.5 times from 35.8 hours which is the half life of IFNα-40K PEG produced in Comparative Example 1. In addition, it was confirmed that the IFNα-PEG-Fc protein conjugate of the present invention has a remarkably excellent blood half-life even when compared to 17.1 hours which is the half-life of IFNα-PEG-albumin.

一方、表３および図１１に示すように、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ結合体の場合には、血中半減期が７１．０時間であって、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体とほぼ同等なので、糖鎖がなくても生体内安定性には大きい影響がなく、組み換え方法で生産された組み換えＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体を用いた結合体も天然型由来のＤＧ Ｆｃと同一の効果を示すことを確認した。ところが、Ｆｃ単量体を使用した結合体の場合には、正常的なＦｃ二量体の結合体と比較したとき、約半分に減少した血中半減期を示した。   On the other hand, as shown in Table 3 and FIG. 11, in the case of the IFNα-PEG-DG Fc conjugate, the blood half-life is 71.0 hours, which is almost equivalent to the IFNα-PEG-Fc conjugate, Even without a sugar chain, there was no significant effect on in vivo stability, and it was confirmed that a conjugate using a recombinant AG Fc derivative produced by a recombinant method showed the same effect as that of a naturally occurring DG Fc. However, in the case of the conjugate using the Fc monomer, the blood half-life was reduced to about half when compared with the conjugate of the normal Fc dimer.

ヒト成長ホルモンの場合も、表４に示すように、本発明の蛋白質結合体が示す血中半減期の増加効果を確認することができる。すなわち、天然型（１．１時間）に比べてｈＧＨ−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ連結体およびｈＧＨ−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン結合体の半減期が７．７時間および５．９時間と多少増加した反面、本発明のｈＧＨ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体の場合には血中半減期が１１．８時間と画期的に増加した。   In the case of human growth hormone, as shown in Table 4, the effect of increasing the blood half-life exhibited by the protein conjugate of the present invention can be confirmed. That is, the hGH-40K PEG conjugate and the hGH-PEG-albumin conjugate had a slightly increased half-life of 7.7 hours and 5.9 hours compared to the natural type (1.1 hours), whereas the hGH of the present invention In the case of the -PEG-Fc protein conjugate, the blood half-life was dramatically increased to 11.8 hours.

表５および表６における顆粒球コロニー刺激因子とその誘導体に対する薬物動態の分析結果においても、天然型、−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ連結体および−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン結合体に比べて本発明のＧ−ＣＳＦ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃおよび１７Ｓ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体が一層長い血中半減期を示した。蛋白質の血中持続性を増加させる免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域の効果は、天然型生理活性蛋白質だけでなく、一部のアミノ酸を変形させた誘導体においても天然型とほぼ同一の程度であることを確認することができ、このような結果より、本発明の方法が他の蛋白質の誘導体においても類似の効果を示すことを容易に予想することができる。 Also in the pharmacokinetic analysis results for granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and its derivatives in Table 5 and Table 6, the G-CSF-PEG- of the present invention compared to the natural type, -40K PEG conjugate and -PEG-albumin conjugate. Fc and 17 S-G-CSF-PEG-Fc conjugate showed a longer blood half-life. Confirm that the effect of the immunoglobulin Fc region that increases the blood persistence of the protein is almost the same as that of the natural type not only in the natural type bioactive protein but also in the derivative of some amino acids. From these results, it can be easily expected that the method of the present invention will show a similar effect also in other protein derivatives.

表７および図１０に示すように、糖鎖化されている天然型蛋白質としての赤血球生成因子に対しても本発明の蛋白質結合体の血中半減期増加効果が確認された。すなわち、天然型赤血球生成因子の血中半減期が９．４時間であり、ＥＰＯを高糖鎖化させて血中安定性を高めたダーベポエチン−α（Darbepoetin-α、Ａｒａｎｅｓｐ、Ａｍｇｅｎ社）の場合は半減期が１８．４時間と増加することが分かる。赤血球生成因子に免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域を結合させた本発明のＥＰＯ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体の場合には、血中半減期がおおよそ６１．５時間と画期的に増加し、糖鎖が除去された大腸菌由来の組み換えＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体を使用した結合体の場合には８７．９時間まで半減期の増加を示し、糖鎖が除去されても、血中安定性には影響を及ぼすことなく、抗体機能がない結合体を製造することができることを確認した。   As shown in Table 7 and FIG. 10, the blood half-life increasing effect of the protein conjugate of the present invention was also confirmed against erythropoiesis factors as glycosylated natural proteins. That is, in the case of darbepoetin-α (Darbepoetin-α, Aranesp, Amgen) whose natural half-life erythropoiesis factor has a blood half-life of 9.4 hours and whose EPO is highly glycosylated to improve blood stability. It can be seen that the half-life increases to 18.4 hours. In the case of the EPO-PEG-Fc conjugate of the present invention in which an immunoglobulin Fc region is bound to an erythropoiesis factor, the blood half-life is dramatically increased to approximately 61.5 hours, and the sugar chain is removed. In the case of a conjugate using a recombinant AG Fc derivative derived from Escherichia coli, the antibody shows an increase in half-life up to 87.9 hours, and even if the sugar chain is removed, the antibody does not affect blood stability. It was confirmed that a conjugate having no function can be produced.

前記結果から分かるように、本発明によって免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域および非ペプチド性重合体と共有結合した蛋白質結合体は、天然型蛋白質に比べて数倍〜数十倍以上増加した血中半減期を示した。また、免疫グロブリンＦｃを遺伝子組み換え法によって大腸菌で生産し、あるいは酵素処理によって糖鎖を除去しても、これを用いて製造された蛋白質結合体における血中半減期の増加効果はほぼ同様に維持された。   As can be seen from the above results, the protein conjugate covalently bound to the immunoglobulin Fc region and the non-peptidic polymer according to the present invention has an increased blood half-life of several to several tens of times compared to the natural protein. It was. In addition, even if immunoglobulin Fc is produced in E. coli by genetic recombination or the sugar chain is removed by enzymatic treatment, the effect of increasing the blood half-life in the protein conjugate produced using this is maintained almost the same. It was done.

特に、既存の蛋白質血中持続性を増加させるためのＰＥＧ剤形のうち持続性が最も高い４０ｋＤａ ＰＥＧを修飾した蛋白質との比較においても、免疫グロブリンＦｃ蛋白質結合体が著しく高い血中安定性を示した。また、免疫グロブリンＦｃの代わりにアルブミンを結合させた蛋白質結合体との比較試験においても、本発明の蛋白質結合体が、卓越した血中安定性を示すことから、本発明の蛋白質結合体が持続型蛋白質薬物製剤の開発に効果的であることを確認することができた。点突然変異(point mutation)によるコロニー刺激因子誘導体まで広範囲な範囲の蛋白質において従来のＰＥＧ結合蛋白質またはアルブミン蛋白質結合体より卓越した血中安定性と平均滞留時間（ＭＲＴ）を示す結果からみて、本発明の蛋白質結合体による安定性および持続性増加効果は他の生理活性ポリペプチドにも適用可能であることが分かる。   In particular, the immunoglobulin Fc protein conjugate has a significantly high blood stability even when compared with a protein modified with 40 kDa PEG, which has the highest persistence among the existing PEG dosage forms for increasing blood persistence. Indicated. Further, in a comparative test with a protein conjugate in which albumin is bound instead of immunoglobulin Fc, the protein conjugate of the present invention is sustained because the protein conjugate of the present invention exhibits excellent blood stability. It was confirmed that it is effective for the development of type protein drug formulations. In view of the results showing superior blood stability and mean residence time (MRT) compared to conventional PEG-binding proteins or albumin protein conjugates in a wide range of proteins, including colony-stimulating factor derivatives due to point mutations, It can be seen that the effect of increasing stability and persistence by the protein conjugate of the invention is applicable to other physiologically active polypeptides.

一方、非ペプチド性重合体として１０ｋＤａ ＰＥＧを使用したＩＦＮα−１０Ｋ ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ蛋白質結合体（実施例７）を用いて前記と同一の方法で血中半減期を測定したとき、血中半減期は４８．８時間であって、分子量３．４ｋＤａのＰＥＧを使用した蛋白質結合体の血中半減期である７９．７時間より多少減少した。   On the other hand, when the blood half-life was measured by the same method as described above using an IFNα-10K PEG-Fc protein conjugate (Example 7) using 10 kDa PEG as a non-peptide polymer, the blood half-life was It was 48.8 hours, which was a little less than 79.7 hours, which is the blood half-life of the protein conjugate using PEG having a molecular weight of 3.4 kDa.

また、非ペプチド性重合体ＰＥＧの分子量の増加に伴って血中半減期はむしろ多少減少したが、このような結果から、蛋白質結合体の血中安定性および持続性の増加の主な要因が非ペプチド性重合体の分子量よりは結合した免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域による効果であることが確認できる。   In addition, the half-life in blood slightly decreased with the increase in the molecular weight of the non-peptide polymer PEG, but these results indicate that the main factors for the increase in the blood stability and persistence of protein conjugates are as follows. It can be confirmed that the effect is due to the bound immunoglobulin Fc region rather than the molecular weight of the non-peptide polymer.

ＰＥＧの反応基をアルデヒド反応基以外の反応基に変化させた場合でも、見掛け分子量と血中半減期が、アルデヒド反応基を持つＰＥＧを使用した場合と類似の様相を示した。   Even when the reactive group of PEG was changed to a reactive group other than the aldehyde reactive group, the apparent molecular weight and blood half-life were similar to those when PEG having an aldehyde reactive group was used.

（実験例３）薬物動態学的な調査ＩＩ
実施例８および９で製造されたＦａｂ’−Ｓ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ、Ｆａｂ’−Ｎ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ結合体および比較例３で製造されたＦａｂ’−Ｓ−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ連結体の血中半減期を測定するために、Ｆａｂ’を対照群として前記結合体または連結体を用いて実験例２と同一の方法で薬物動態学的な調査を行い、その結果を図１２に示した。 (Experimental example 3) Pharmacokinetic investigation II
Examples of Fab′-S-PEG-N-Fc, Fab′-N-PEG-N-Fc conjugate prepared in Examples 8 and 9 and Fab′-S-40K PEG conjugate prepared in Comparative Example 3 In order to measure the blood half-life, a pharmacokinetic investigation was conducted in the same manner as in Experimental Example 2 using the conjugate or conjugate as the control group for Fab ′, and the results are shown in FIG. .

図１２より、Ｆａｂ’−Ｓ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−ＦｃおよびＦａｂ’−Ｎ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ結合体が、Ｆａｂ’またはＦａｂ’−Ｓ−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ連結体に比べて２〜３倍延長された血中半減期を示すことが分かる。   From FIG. 12, Fab′-S-PEG-N-Fc and Fab′-N-PEG-N-Fc conjugates were extended 2-3 times compared to Fab ′ or Fab′-S-40K PEG conjugates. It shows that the blood has a half-life.

（実験例４）細胞内活性の測定
（４−１）インターフェロンアルファ蛋白質結合体の細胞内活性比較
インターフェロンアルファ蛋白質結合体の細胞内活性比較のために、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ（実施例１）、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ（実施例１１）、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−組み換えＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体（実施例１３）、ＩＦＮα−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ（比較例１）およびＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン（比較例２）の抗ウイルス活性を水泡性口内炎ウイルスで飽和させたＭＤＢＫ（Madin Darby Bovine Kidney、ＡＴＣＣ ＣＣＬ−２２）を使用する細胞培養生検で測定した。この際、ＰＥＧが結合していないインターフェロンアルファ−２ｂ（ＮＩＢＳＣ国際標準品）を標準物質として使用した。 (Experimental Example 4) Measurement of intracellular activity (4-1) Comparison of intracellular activity of interferon alpha protein conjugate For comparison of intracellular activity of interferon alpha protein conjugate, IFNα-PEG-Fc (Example 1), Antiviral activity of IFNα-PEG-DG Fc (Example 11), IFNα-PEG-recombinant AG Fc derivative (Example 13), IFNα-40K PEG (Comparative Example 1) and IFNα-PEG-albumin (Comparative Example 2) Was measured by cell culture biopsy using MDBK (Madin Darby Bovine Kidney, ATCC CCL-22) saturated with vesicular stomatitis virus. At this time, interferon alpha-2b (NIBSC international standard) to which PEG was not bonded was used as a standard substance.

ＭＤＢＫ細胞を、ＭＥＭ（minimum essential medium：ＪＢＩ社）に１０％ＦＢＳおよび１％ペニシリン／ストレプトマイシンが添加された培地で３７℃、５％ＣＯ２の条件で培養した。測定しようとする試料および標準物質を一定の濃度で細胞培養培地に希釈して９６ウェルプレートの各ウェルに１００μＬずつ分注した。前記で培養された細胞を回収し、試料が分注されているプレートに１００μＬずつ加えた後、３７℃、５％ＣＯ２の条件で約１時間程度培養した。１時間後、ウイルスの濃度が５〜７×１０３ＰＦＵとなるように調節されたＶＳＶ(Vesilculer stomatitis virus)を５０μＬずつプレートに添加し、３７℃、５％ＣＯ２の条件で約１６〜２０時間さらに培養した。試料および標準物質を入れないで細胞とウイルスのみを入れたウェルを陰性対照群として使用し、ウイルス希釈溶液を入れないで細胞のみを入れたウェルを陽性対照群として使用した。 MDBK cells were cultured in a medium in which 10% FBS and 1% penicillin / streptomycin were added to MEM (minimum essential medium: JBI) at 37 ° C. and 5% CO 2 . A sample and a standard substance to be measured were diluted in a cell culture medium at a constant concentration, and 100 μL was dispensed into each well of a 96-well plate. The cells cultured as described above were collected, and 100 μL each was added to the plate on which the sample was dispensed, and then cultured at 37 ° C. and 5% CO 2 for about 1 hour. After 1 hour, 50 μL of VSV (Vesilculer stomatitis virus) adjusted so that the virus concentration is 5 to 7 × 10 3 PFU was added to the plate, and about 16 to 20 under conditions of 37 ° C. and 5% CO 2. Further incubation for hours. Wells containing only cells and virus without samples and standards were used as a negative control group, and wells containing only cells without virus dilution solution were used as a positive control group.

培養液を除去し、生きている細胞を染色するために、ニュートラルレッド(neutral red)溶液を１００μＬずつ添加した後、３７℃、５％ＣＯ２の条件で２時間培養した。上澄み液を除去した後、１００％のエタノールと１％の酢酸を１：１と混ぜて１００μＬずつ入れた。染色された細胞をよく振って溶解させた後、５４０ｎｍで吸光度を測定した。陰性対照群をブランク(blanｋ)とし、陽性対照群を細胞成長１００％と見なして５０％細胞成長時の濃度（ＥＤ５０）を計算した。 In order to remove the culture solution and stain living cells, 100 μL of a neutral red solution was added, followed by culturing at 37 ° C. and 5% CO 2 for 2 hours. After removing the supernatant, 100% ethanol and 1% acetic acid were mixed with 1: 1, and 100 μL each was added. The stained cells were thoroughly shaken to lyse, and the absorbance was measured at 540 nm. The concentration at the time of 50% cell growth (ED 50 ) was calculated assuming that the negative control group was blank and the positive control group was regarded as 100% cell growth.

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その結果、表８に示すように、ＩＦＮα−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧは、その活性度が天然型の４．８％水準に低下することが確認できる。特に、修飾されたＰＥＧの大きさが大きいほど、血中安定性は増加し、相対的に活性度は徐々に減少したが、インターフェロンアルファの場合、１２ｋＤａ ＰＥＧが修飾された場合には２５％、４０ｋＤａ ＰＥＧが修飾された場合には約７％程度の試験管内活性を持つと報告されたことがある（P. Bailon et al., Bioconjugate Chem. 12: 195-202, 2001）。すなわち、ＰＥＧの分子量が増加すると、血中半減期は長くなるが、相対的に活性は急激に減少するので、血中半減期が長いながら活性も優れた蛋白質結合体の開発が要求されている。また、ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン結合体も天然型に比べて約５．２％程度と低い活性を示したが、本発明のＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体およびＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧ Ｆｃ結合体は、天然型に比べて相対的活性度が２８．１％および２５．７％と画期的に高くなることを確認することができ、組み換えＡＧ Ｆｃ誘導体を使用した結合体においても類似の活性増加効果を示した。このような結果から、血中半減期の画期的増加に伴ってインターフェロンアルファと免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域の結合体の生体内薬効が非常に優れるものと期待される。   As a result, as shown in Table 8, it can be confirmed that the activity of IFNα-40K PEG is reduced to the 4.8% level of the natural type. In particular, the larger the size of the modified PEG, the greater the stability in the blood and the relative activity gradually decreased, but in the case of interferon alfa, 25% when 12 kDa PEG is modified, When modified with 40 kDa PEG, it has been reported to have about 7% in vitro activity (P. Bailon et al., Bioconjugate Chem. 12: 195-202, 2001). That is, as the molecular weight of PEG increases, the blood half-life increases, but the activity decreases relatively rapidly. Therefore, it is required to develop a protein conjugate having a long blood half-life and excellent activity. . The IFNα-PEG-albumin conjugate also showed a low activity of about 5.2% compared to the natural type, but the IFNα-PEG-Fc conjugate and IFNα-PEG-DG Fc conjugate of the present invention are It can be confirmed that the relative activity is dramatically increased to 28.1% and 25.7% as compared with the natural type, and a similar activity increasing effect is also obtained in the conjugate using the recombinant AG Fc derivative. showed that. From these results, it is expected that the in vivo medicinal effect of the conjugate of interferon alpha and immunoglobulin Fc region will be extremely excellent with a breakthrough increase in blood half-life.

（４−２）ヒト成長ホルモン蛋白質結合体の細胞内活性比較
ヒト成長ホルモン蛋白質結合体の細胞内活性を比較するために、ｈＧＨ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ、ｈＧＨ−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧおよびｈＧＨ−ＰＥＧ−アルブミンの細胞内活性を比較試験した。 (4-2) Intracellular activity comparison of human growth hormone protein conjugates To compare the intracellular activity of human growth hormone protein conjugates, cells of hGH-PEG-Fc, hGH-40K PEG and hGH-PEG-albumin are compared. The internal activity was compared and tested.

ヒト成長ホルモン依存的に分裂を行う細胞としてのラット結節リンパ腫(rat node lymphoma)細胞株であるＮｂ２細胞（European Collection of Cell Cultures (ECACC) 97041101）を用いて細胞内活性度を試験管内の分析によって確認した。   Intracellular analysis of in vitro activity using Nb2 cells (European Collection of Cell Cultures (ECACC) 97041101), a rat node lymphoma cell line that divides depending on human growth hormone. confirmed.

Ｎｂ２細胞を、培養液（Ｆｉｓｈｅｒ’ｓ ｍｅｄｉｕｍ）に１０％の牛胎児血清（ＦＢＳ、fetal bovine serum）、０．０７５％のＮａＣＯ３、０．０５ｍＭの２−メルカプトエタノールおよび２ｍＭのグルタミンを添加した培地で培養した後、１０％の牛胎児血清を除いた同一の培地で２４時間さらに培養した。培養液で培養された細胞の数を数えて約２×１０４個の細胞を９６ウェルプレートの各ウェルに入れた後、ｈＧＨ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ、ｈＧＨ−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ、ｈＧＨ−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン、対照群である国際標準品（National Institute for Biological Standards and Controls、ＮＩＢＳＣ）および天然型ヒト成長ホルモン（ＨＭ−ｈＧＨ）をそれぞれ希釈して濃度別に添加した。その後、３７℃、ＣＯ２の培養器で４８時間培養した。その後、細胞の成長程度（各ウェルの細胞数）を測定するために、細胞染色薬（Cell Titer 96 Aqueous One Solution、Ｐｒｏｍｅｇａ社）を各ウェルに２５μＬずつ入れた後、４時間培養した。その後、４９０ｎｍで吸光度を測定して各試料の力価を計算し、その結果を下記表９に示した。 Nb2 cells were added with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), 0.075% NaCO 3 , 0.05 mM 2-mercaptoethanol and 2 mM glutamine in the culture medium (Fisher's medium). After culturing in the medium, the cells were further cultured for 24 hours in the same medium excluding 10% fetal calf serum. After counting about 2 × 10 4 cells cultured in the culture medium into each well of a 96-well plate, hGH-PEG-Fc, hGH-40K PEG, hGH-PEG-albumin, control Group international standards (National Institute for Biological Standards and Controls, NIBSC) and natural human growth hormone (HM-hGH) were diluted and added according to concentration. Thereafter, the cells were cultured for 48 hours in a 37 ° C. CO 2 incubator. Thereafter, in order to measure the degree of cell growth (the number of cells in each well), 25 μL of cell stain (Cell Titer 96 Aqueous One Solution, Promega) was added to each well, followed by culturing for 4 hours. Thereafter, the absorbance was measured at 490 nm to calculate the titer of each sample, and the results are shown in Table 9 below.

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表９から分かるように、ヒト成長ホルモンの場合も、ｈＧＨ−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧの活性度は天然型の約７．６％と低下し、ｈＧＨ−ＰＥＧ−アルブミン結合体の試験管内活性は天然型に比べて約５．２％程度と低い活性を示した。ところが、本発明のｈＧＨ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ結合体は、相対的活性度が天然型に比べて２８％以上画期的に増加した。このような結果より、血中半減期の画期的増加に伴ってヒト成長ホルモンと免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域の蛋白質結合体の生体内薬効が非常に優れるものと期待することができる。また、本発明の免疫グロブリンＦｃ蛋白質結合体の活性増加は、免疫グロブリンＦｃによる血中安定性の増加および受容体との結合力保存、または非ペプチド性重合体によって形成された空間的余裕によるものと把握される。このような作用は、他の生理活性蛋白質の免疫グロブリンＦｃ蛋白質結合体においても類似であるものと期待される。   As can be seen from Table 9, also in the case of human growth hormone, the activity of hGH-40K PEG is reduced to about 7.6% of the natural type, and the in vitro activity of the hGH-PEG-albumin conjugate is compared with that of the natural type. The activity was as low as about 5.2%. However, the relative activity of the hGH-PEG-Fc conjugate of the present invention was dramatically increased by 28% or more compared to the natural type. From these results, it can be expected that the in vivo drug efficacy of the protein conjugate of human growth hormone and immunoglobulin Fc region will be extremely excellent with a breakthrough increase in blood half-life. Further, the increased activity of the immunoglobulin Fc protein conjugate of the present invention is due to the increase in blood stability by immunoglobulin Fc and the preservation of the binding strength with the receptor, or the spatial margin formed by the non-peptide polymer. It is grasped. Such an action is expected to be similar in the immunoglobulin Fc protein conjugates of other physiologically active proteins.

（４−３）顆粒球コロニー刺激因子蛋白質結合体の細胞内活性比較
顆粒球コロニー刺激因子誘導体の蛋白質結合体の細胞内活性を比較するために、天然型Ｇ−ＣＳＦ（Ｆｉｌｇｒａｓｔｉｍ、第一薬品（株））、１７Ｓｅｒ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ誘導体、２０Ｋ ＰＥＧ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ（Ｎｅｕｌａｓｔａ社）、４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ−１７Ｓ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ、１７Ｓｅｒ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ−ＰＥＧ−アルブミンおよび１７Ｓ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃの細胞内活性を測定した。 (4-3) Intracellular Activity Comparison of Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor Protein Conjugate In order to compare the intracellular activity of the granulocyte colony stimulating factor derivative protein conjugate, natural G-CSF (Filgrasim, Daiichi Pharmaceutical ( Strain), 17 Ser-G-CSF derivatives, 20K PEG-G-CSF (Neulasta), 40K PEG- 17 S-G-CSF, 17 Ser-G-CSF-PEG-albumin and 17 S-G-CSF. -Intracellular activity of PEG-Fc was measured.

まず、ヒト骨髄由来の細胞株であるＨＬ−６０（ＡＴＣＣ ＣＣＬ−２４０、Promyelocytic leukemia patient/36 yr old Caucasian female）を１０％の牛胎児血清を含むＲＰＭＩ１６４０倍地で培養してから、細胞の数を約２．２×１０５細胞／ｍＬとなるように調整した後、ＤＭＳＯ（dimethylsulfoxide、ｃｕｌｔｕｒｅ ｇｒａｄｅ、Ｓｉｇｍａ社）を最終１．２５％（ｖ／ｖ）となるように添加した。前記の細胞株を９６ウェルプレート(Corning/low evaporation 96 well plate)に９０μＬずつ入れてウェル当たり細胞が約２×１０４個となるようにした後、５％のＣＯ２が供給される３７℃の培養器で約７２時間培養した。 First, human bone marrow-derived cell line HL-60 (ATCC CCL-240, Promyelocytic leukemia patient / 36 yr old Caucasian female) was cultured in RPMI 1640 medium containing 10% fetal bovine serum, and the number of cells Was adjusted to about 2.2 × 10 5 cells / mL, and DMSO (dimethylsulfoxide, culture grade, Sigma) was added to a final 1.25% (v / v). 90 μL of the above cell line is placed in a 96-well plate (Corning / low evaporation 96 well plate) so that the number of cells is about 2 × 10 4 per well, and then 5% CO 2 is supplied at 37 ° C. For about 72 hours.

Ｇ−ＣＳＦ ＥＬＩＳＡキット（Ｒ＆Ｄ ｓｙｓｔｅｍｓ社）を用いて、濃度が決定された各試料を同一の濃度となるようにＲＰＭＩ１６４０で希釈し、最終濃度が１０μｇ／ｍＬとなるようにし、これをさらにＲＰＭＩ１６４０で１／２に希釈することを１９回繰り返し行った。こうして作られた試料を培養中のＨＬ−６０細胞株の各ウェルに１０μＬずつ加え、最終濃度が１μｇ／ｍＬから連続的に半減するようにした。前記で製造した蛋白質試料を処理した細胞株は、３７℃の培養器で７２時間をさらに培養した。   Using a G-CSF ELISA kit (R & D systems), each sample whose concentration was determined was diluted with RPMI 1640 to the same concentration, so that the final concentration was 10 μg / mL, and this was further diluted with RPMI 1640. Dilution to 1/2 was repeated 19 times. 10 μL of the sample thus prepared was added to each well of the HL-60 cell line in culture so that the final concentration was continuously halved from 1 μg / mL. The cell line treated with the protein sample produced above was further cultured for 72 hours in a 37 ° C. incubator.

培養後、細胞株の増加程度を調べるために、ＣｅｌｌＴｉｔｅｒ９６ＴＭ（Ｃａｔ．Ｎｏ．Ｇ４１００、Ｐｒｏｍｅｇａ社）を用いて分析し、増加した細胞株の数は、６７０ｎｍ波長における吸光度を測定することによって決定した。 After culturing, in order to examine the degree of increase in cell lines, analysis was performed using CellTiter96 ™ (Cat. No. G4100, Promega), and the number of increased cell lines was determined by measuring absorbance at 670 nm wavelength. .

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その結果、表１０から分かるように、Ｇ−ＣＳＦのアミノ酸を置換させた１７Ｓｅｒ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ誘導体の免疫グロブリンＦｃ蛋白質結合体も天然型蛋白質の蛋白質結合体と類似の効果を示した。１７Ｓｅｒ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ−ＰＥＧの場合には、ＰＥＧで修飾されていないものに比べて、血中半減期は増加するが活性度は低下すると既に報告されたことがある（大韓民国特許公開第２００４−８３２６８号）。特に、修飾されたＰＥＧの大きさが大きいほど、血中安定性は増加するが、相対的に活性度は徐々に低下することが分かり、１７Ｓｅｒ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧは天然型に比べて約１０％以下の非常に低い活性度を示した。すなわち、ＰＥＧの分子量が増加すると、血中半減期は長くなるが相対的に活性は急激に減少するので、血中半減期が長くて活性も優れた蛋白質結合体の開発が要求されている。１７Ｓｅｒ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ−ＰＥＧ−アルブミンも天然型に比べて約２３％程度と低い活性を示したが、１７Ｓｅｒ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃは天然型に比べて相対的活性度が５１％以上と高くなることを確認することができた。これにより、血中半減期の画期的増加に伴って免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域と１７Ｓｅｒ−Ｇ−ＣＳＦ誘導体の結合体の生体内薬効が非常に優れるものと期待することができる。 As a result, as can be seen from Table 10, the 17 Ser-G-CSF derivative immunoglobulin Fc protein conjugate in which the amino acid of G-CSF was substituted also showed a similar effect to the protein conjugate of the natural protein. In the case of 17 Ser-G-CSF-PEG, it has already been reported that the half-life in blood is increased but the activity is decreased as compared with those not modified with PEG (Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 2004). -83268). In particular, the larger the size of the modified PEG, the greater the stability in blood, but the relative activity gradually decreases. 17 Ser-G-CSF-40K PEG is compared with the natural type. Showed very low activity of about 10% or less. That is, as the molecular weight of PEG increases, the blood half-life increases, but the activity decreases relatively rapidly. Therefore, it is required to develop a protein conjugate having a long blood half-life and excellent activity. 17 Ser-G-CSF-PEG-albumin also showed a low activity of about 23% compared to the natural type, but 17 Ser-G-CSF-PEG-Fc had a relative activity of 51 compared to the natural type. It was confirmed that it was higher than%. Thereby, it can be expected that the in vivo medicinal effect of the conjugate of the immunoglobulin Fc region and the 17 Ser-G-CSF derivative is extremely excellent with a breakthrough increase in the blood half-life.

（４−４）Ｆａｂ’結合体の細胞毒性中和試験
実施例８および９で製造されたＦａｂ’−Ｓ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ、Ｆａｂ’−Ｎ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ結合体、および比較例３で製造されたＦａｂ’−Ｓ−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ連結体の試験管内活性実験を行った。マウス繊維亜細胞株Ｌ９２９（ＡＴＣＣ ＣＲＬ−２１４８）を用いてＴＮＦαの細胞毒性を測定する実験を基本骨格として、Ｆａｂ’がＴＮＦαの細胞壊死活性をどれくらい中和させるかを測定した。 (4-4) Cytotoxicity neutralization test of Fab ′ conjugate Fab′-S-PEG-N-Fc, Fab′-N-PEG-N-Fc conjugate prepared in Examples 8 and 9, and comparison An in vitro activity experiment of the Fab′-S-40K PEG conjugate prepared in Example 3 was performed. Based on the experiment of measuring the cytotoxicity of TNFα using mouse fiber subcell line L929 (ATCC CRL-2148), how much Fab ′ neutralizes the cell necrosis activity of TNFα was measured.

Ｆａｂ’−Ｓ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ、Ｆａｂ’−Ｎ−ＰＥＧ−Ｎ−Ｆｃ結合体およびＦａｂ’−Ｓ−４０Ｋ ＰＥＧ連結体をそれぞれ２倍ずつ順次希釈して９６ウェルプレートの各ウェルに１００μＬずつ分注した後、ｒｈＴＮＦ−α（Ｒ＆Ｄ ｓｙｓｔｅｍｓ社）およびＲＮＡ合成の阻害剤として用いられるアクチノマイシンＤ（actinomycin D、Ｓｉｇｍａ社）をそれぞれ最終濃度が１０ｎｇ／ｍＬおよび１μｇ／ｍＬとなるように添加し、３７℃、５％ＣＯ２で３０分間反応させた後、分析用マイクロプレートに移した。プレートの各ウェルにＬ９２９細胞株を５×１０４個／５０μＬ培地となるように添加し、３７℃、５％ＣＯ２の培養器で２４時間培養した。マイクロプレート内の培養液を除去した後、ＰＢＳに５ｍｇ／ｍＬの濃度で溶けているＭＴＴ（Ｓｉｇｍａ社）を５０μＬずつ入れた。約４時間３７℃、５％ＣＯ２の培養器で培養した。１５０μＬのＤＭＳＯを添加して溶かした後、５４０ｎｍで吸光度を測定して細胞毒性中和の度合いを確認した。対照群としては、実施例８の段階１で精製したＦａｂ’を使用した。 Fab′-S-PEG-N-Fc, Fab′-N-PEG-N-Fc conjugate and Fab′-S-40K PEG conjugate were each serially diluted 2-fold and 100 μL was added to each well of a 96-well plate. After each dispensing, rhTNF-α (R & D systems) and actinomycin D (actinomycin D, Sigma) used as an inhibitor of RNA synthesis were added to final concentrations of 10 ng / mL and 1 μg / mL, respectively. The mixture was reacted at 37 ° C. and 5% CO 2 for 30 minutes, and then transferred to an analysis microplate. L929 cell line was added to each well of the plate so as to be 5 × 10 4 cells / 50 μL medium, and cultured in a 37 ° C., 5% CO 2 incubator for 24 hours. After removing the culture solution in the microplate, 50 μL each of MTT (Sigma) dissolved in PBS at a concentration of 5 mg / mL was added. The cells were cultured in an incubator at 37 ° C. and 5% CO 2 for about 4 hours. After 150 μL of DMSO was added and dissolved, the absorbance was measured at 540 nm to confirm the degree of neutralization of cytotoxicity. As a control group, Fab ′ purified in Step 1 of Example 8 was used.

その結果、図１３に示すように、実験に使用した全ての蛋白質結合体は、Ｆａｂ’と類似の力価を示しており、このような結果から、Ｆａｂ’のＮ末端またはＣ末端近くの遊離システイン残基にＰＥＧを介して免疫グロブリンＦｃを結合させた蛋白質結合体は、Ｆａｂ’の血中半減期を画期的に増加させることは勿論のこと、生体内活性度も高く維持させることが分かる。   As a result, as shown in FIG. 13, all of the protein conjugates used in the experiment showed a titer similar to Fab ′. From these results, the release near the N-terminus or C-terminus of Fab ′ was observed. Protein conjugates in which immunoglobulin Fc is bound to cysteine residues via PEG can not only dramatically increase the blood half-life of Fab 'but also maintain high in vivo activity. I understand.

（４−５）ＣＤＣ活性の測定
前記実施例で製造した誘導体と大腸菌形質転換体から発現されて精製された免疫グロブリン不変領域蛋白質とがヒトＣｌｑに結合するか否かを確認するために、下記のように固相酵素免疫検定法（ＥＬＩＳＡ）を行った。実験群として、韓国微生物保存センター（ＫＣＣＭ）に２００４年９月１５日付で寄託した形質転換体ＨＭ１０９３２（寄託番号：ＫＣＣＭ−１０５９７）およびＨＭ１０９２７（寄託番号：ＫＣＣＭ−１０５８８）から生産された免疫グロブリン不変領域試料と前記実施例で製造した誘導体を使用し、比較群として、糖が結合している免疫グロブリン（ＩＶＩＧ−グロブリンＳ、緑十字ＰＢＭ）を始めとして、商業化されて治療用抗体として使われているいろいろの抗体を使用した。前記実験群と比較群の試料を１０ｍＭのカーボネート緩衝液（ｐＨ９．６）に１μｇ／ｍＬの濃度で調製した。準備された試料を９６ウェルプレート（Ｎｕｎｃ）にウェル当たり２００ｎｇの量で分注した後、４℃で一晩中コートし、その後ウェルプレートをＰＢＳ−Ｔ溶液（１３７ｍＭのＮａＣｌ、２ｍＭのＫＣｌ、１０ｍＭのＮａ２ＨＰＯ４、２ｍＭのＫＨ２ＰＯ４、０．０５％のツイン２０）で３回洗浄した。牛血清アルブミンを１％の濃度でＰＢＳ−Ｔ溶液に溶解させて準備したブロッキングバッファ２５０μＬを各ウェルに添加した後、常温で１時間放置し、同一のＰＢＳ−Ｔ溶液で３回洗浄した。標準液と試料を適切な濃度でＰＢＳ−Ｔ溶液によって希釈した後、抗体がコートされたウェルに加えて常温で１時間放置させて反応させ、その後さらにＰＢＳ−Ｔ溶液で３回洗浄した。ブロッキング反応が完了したプレートに２μｇ／ｍＬのＣｌｑ（Ｒ＆Ｄ ｓｙｓｔｅｍｓ社、米国）を添加した後、２時間常温で反応させ、反応済みのプレートを前記ＰＢＳ−Ｔ溶液で６回洗浄した。ヒトの抗ヒトＣｌｑ抗体とペルオキシダーゼとの結合体（Ｂｉｏｇｅｎｅｓｉｓ社、米国）をブロッキングバッファに１０００：１で希釈して各ウェルに２００μＬずつ加えた後、１時間常温で反応させた。反応が完了した後、各ウェルをＰＢＳ−Ｔ溶液で３回洗浄した後、発色溶液ＡとＢ（カラーＡ−安定化ペルオキシダーゼ[Color A-Stabilized peroxide]溶液およびカラーＢ−安定化クロモゲン[Color B-stabilized chromogen]溶液、ＤＹ９９９、Ｒ＆Ｄ ｓｙｓｔｅｍｓ社）を同量で混合し、当該混合液を各ウェルに２００μＬずつ添加し、３０分間放置した。その後、反応停止溶液である２Ｍの硫酸を５０μＬずつ添加して反応を停止させた。反応済みのウェルプレートは、マイクロプレートリーダー（Ｍｏｌｅｃｕｌａｒ Ｄｅｖｉｃｅ社）を用い、標準液と検液の４５０ｎｍの波長の吸光度を測定し、その結果を図１４、図１５にそれぞれ示した。 (4-5) Measurement of CDC activity In order to confirm whether the derivative produced in the above example and the immunoglobulin constant region protein expressed and purified from the E. coli transformant bind to human Clq, The solid phase enzyme immunoassay (ELISA) was performed as follows. As an experimental group, immunoglobulins produced from transformants HM10932 (deposit number: KCCM-10597) and HM10927 (deposit number: KCCM-10588) deposited on September 15, 2004 at the Korean Microbiology Conservation Center (KCCM) Using the region samples and the derivatives prepared in the above-mentioned examples, as a comparison group, saccharide-bound immunoglobulins (IVIG-globulin S, green cross PBM) and others have been commercialized and used as therapeutic antibodies. I used various antibodies. Samples of the experimental group and the comparative group were prepared in 10 mM carbonate buffer (pH 9.6) at a concentration of 1 μg / mL. The prepared sample was dispensed into a 96-well plate (Nunc) in an amount of 200 ng per well and then coated overnight at 4 ° C., after which the well plate was washed with PBS-T solution (137 mM NaCl, 2 mM KCl, 10 mM). Na 2 HPO 4 , 2 mM KH 2 PO 4 , 0.05% twin 20). After adding 250 μL of a blocking buffer prepared by dissolving bovine serum albumin in a PBS-T solution at a concentration of 1%, each well was allowed to stand at room temperature for 1 hour and washed three times with the same PBS-T solution. The standard solution and the sample were diluted with PBS-T solution at an appropriate concentration, added to the well coated with the antibody, allowed to react at room temperature for 1 hour, and further washed with PBS-T solution three times. 2 μg / mL Clq (R & D systems, USA) was added to the plate where the blocking reaction was completed, and the mixture was reacted at room temperature for 2 hours, and the reacted plate was washed 6 times with the PBS-T solution. A human anti-human Clq antibody / peroxidase conjugate (Biogenesis, USA) was diluted 1000: 1 in blocking buffer and added to each well in an amount of 200 μL, followed by reaction at room temperature for 1 hour. After the reaction was completed, each well was washed three times with PBS-T solution, and then coloring solutions A and B (color A-stabilized peroxide solution and color B-stabilized chromogen [Color B] -stabilized chromogen] solution, DY999, R & D systems) were mixed in the same amount, and 200 μL of the mixed solution was added to each well and left for 30 minutes. Then, 50 μL of 2M sulfuric acid as a reaction stop solution was added to stop the reaction. The well plate after the reaction was measured for absorbance at a wavelength of 450 nm of the standard solution and the test solution using a microplate reader (Molecular Device), and the results are shown in FIG. 14 and FIG.

免疫グロブリンのＦｃ領域における補体活性をサブクラスによって比較した結果、ヒト免疫グロブリンＩｇＧ１（Ｆｉｔｚｇｅｒａｌｄ）、ＩｇＧ２（Ｆｉｔｚｇｅｒａｌｄ）、ＩｇＧ４（Ｆｉｔｚｇｅｒａｌｄ）の順にＣｌｑに対する高い結合力を持っていることが確認でき、これにより補体活性もサブクラス間に差異があることが分かった。前記実験に使用したＩＶＩＧの場合、ＩｇＧサブクラスの集合体であるが、ＩｇＧ１がほぼ大部分を占めているので、分離精製されたＩｇＧ１とほぼ類似の親和度を示した。このような対照群と比較するとき、非糖鎖化によるＣｌｑの親和度変異は補体活性が最も強いＩｇＧ１ Ｆｃで著しく減少することが分かり、既に補体反応がないものと知られているＩｇＧ４ ＦｃではＣｌｑに対する結合力が殆どないので、補体活性のない優れた組み換えキャリアであることが分かった（図１４）。   As a result of comparing the complement activities in the Fc region of immunoglobulin by subclass, it was confirmed that human immunoglobulin IgG1 (Fitzgerald), IgG2 (Fitzgerald), IgG4 (Fitzgerald) have high binding strength to Clq in this order. Complement activity was also found to be different between subclasses. In the case of IVIG used in the experiment, although it is an aggregate of IgG subclasses, IgG1 occupies the most part, and thus showed an affinity similar to that of separated and purified IgG1. When compared with such a control group, it has been found that the affinity variation of Clq due to non-glycosylation is markedly reduced by IgG1 Fc having the strongest complement activity, and IgG4 that is already known to have no complement reaction. Since Fc has almost no binding ability to Clq, it was found to be an excellent recombinant carrier having no complement activity (FIG. 14).

Ｃｌｑ親和度が除去されたキャリアの特性が生理活性ペプチドと結合体を作った後にも依然として維持されるかを調べるために、ＩＦＮαをモデルとして、糖鎖化Ｆｃ、酵素を用いた脱糖鎖Ｆｃおよび非糖鎖化組み換えＦｃをキャリアとして用いて各結合体を作った後、Ｃｌｑに対する結合力を検討した。糖鎖化ＦｃとＩＦＮα結合体（ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−Ｆｃ：Glycosylated IgG1Fc）は、Ｃｌｑに対して依然として高い親和度を維持するが、ここにＰＮＧａｓｅＦなどを用いて脱糖鎖化させたインターフェロン結合体（ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＤＧＦｃ：Deglycosylated IgG1Fc）は、結合力が著しく低くなることを確認し、その程度は大腸菌由来の非糖鎖化Ｆｃ結合体と同様の水準のＣｌｑに対する結合力を示した。それだけでなく、ＩｇＧ１の非糖鎖化Ｆｃを用いたインターフェロン結合体（ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＡＧＦｃＧ１：Aglycosylated IgG1Fc）をＩｇＧ１からＩｇＧ４に変えたインターフェロン結合体（ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＦｃＧ４誘導体１：Aglycosylated IgG4Fc）の場合、Ｃｌｑに対する親和度が完全に除去されることを確認することができ、結合体を非糖鎖化ＩｇＧ４ Ｆｃ単量体に変えた結合体（ＩＦＮα−ＰＥＧ−ＦｃＧ４誘導体２：Aglycosylated IgG4Fc）の場合にも、やはりＣｌｑに対する結合能力は完全に除去されることからみて、抗体断片のエフェクター(effector)機能がない良いキャリアであることを確認することができた（図１５）。   In order to investigate whether the characteristics of the carrier from which the Clq affinity has been removed are still maintained after the conjugate with the physiologically active peptide is formed, glycated Fc, deglycosylated Fc using an enzyme, using IFNα as a model Each conjugate was prepared using non-glycosylated recombinant Fc as a carrier, and then the binding force to Clq was examined. Glycosylated Fc and IFNα conjugate (IFNα-PEG-Fc: Glycosylated IgG1Fc) still maintain high affinity for Clq, but here interferon conjugates deglycosylated using PNGaseF or the like ( IFNα-PEG-DGFc: Deglycosylated IgG1Fc) was confirmed to have a significantly low binding strength, and the degree thereof showed a binding strength to Clq at a level similar to that of the non-glycosylated Fc conjugate derived from E. coli. In addition, an interferon conjugate (IFNα-PEG-FcG4 derivative 1: Aglycosylated IgG4Fc) obtained by changing the interferon conjugate (IFNα-PEG-AGFcG1: Aglycosylated IgG1Fc) using IgG1 non-glycosylated Fc from IgG1 to IgG4 In this case, it can be confirmed that the affinity for Clq is completely removed, and the conjugate obtained by changing the conjugate to an unglycosylated IgG4 Fc monomer (IFNα-PEG-FcG4 derivative 2: Aglycosylated IgG4Fc) Even in this case, it was confirmed that the antibody was a good carrier without the effector function of the antibody fragment, since the binding ability to Clq was completely removed (FIG. 15).

本発明の薬剤学的組成物は、薬物の血中半減期の増加が非常に高い。一方、蛋白質結合体の場合は、既存の持続型剤形の最も大きい欠点である力価の減少を克服することにより、従来最も効果が良いものと知られているアルブミンを用いた場合よりも著しい血中持続性と生体内活性を持つうえ、免疫反応誘発の危険も殆どないため、蛋白質薬物の持続型製剤の開発に有用に利用できる。また、本発明に係る蛋白質薬物の持続型製剤は、頻繁な注射による患者の苦痛を減少させることができ、活性ポリペプチドの血中濃度を持続的に維持して薬効を安定的に示すことができる。   The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention has a very high increase in the blood half-life of the drug. On the other hand, in the case of protein conjugates, by overcoming the decrease in potency, which is the biggest drawback of existing sustained-release dosage forms, it is significantly more than when albumin, which has been known to be the most effective in the past, is used. Since it has blood persistence and in vivo activity, and has almost no risk of inducing an immune response, it can be usefully used for the development of a continuous preparation of a protein drug. In addition, the continuous preparation of the protein drug according to the present invention can reduce the patient's pain due to frequent injections, and can maintain the blood concentration of the active polypeptide continuously and stably show the efficacy. it can.

しかも、本発明の蛋白質結合体の製造方法は、発現システム確立の難しさ、天然型と異なる糖鎖化、免疫反応誘発、蛋白質融合方向性の制限など遺伝子操作による融合蛋白質生産方式の欠点と、反応の非特異性による低い収率、および結合剤として用いられる化学物質の毒性問題など化学的結合方式の問題点を克服することにより、増加した血中半減期と高い活性を持つ蛋白質薬物を容易かつ経済的な方式で提供することができる。   Moreover, the production method of the protein conjugate of the present invention has the disadvantages of the difficulty of establishing an expression system, glycosylation different from the natural type, induction of immune reaction, restriction of protein fusion direction, etc. Easier protein drugs with increased blood half-life and high activity by overcoming the problems of chemical binding methods such as low yield due to non-specific reaction and toxicity issues of chemicals used as binders And can be provided in an economical manner.

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薬物の生体内持続性を増加させるための薬剤を製造するときのキャリアとしての免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域の使用方法であって、
該免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域を、非ペプチド性リンカーを媒介として、生理活性ポリペプチドと共有結合させ、
該免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域と該生理活性ポリペプチドとの間の結合は、遺伝子組換えによる融合ではない使用方法。 Use of an immunoglobulin Fc region as a carrier in the manufacture of a medicament for increasing the in vivo persistence of a drug, comprising
Covalently binding the immunoglobulin Fc region to a bioactive polypeptide via a non-peptide linker;
The use method wherein the binding between the immunoglobulin Fc region and the physiologically active polypeptide is not fusion by genetic recombination. 免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域が非糖鎖化されることを特徴とする請求項１に記載の使用方法。   The method according to claim 1, wherein the immunoglobulin Fc region is unglycosylated. 免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域が、ＣＨ１、ＣＨ２、ＣＨ３およびＣＨ４ドメインよりなる群から選択される１〜４個のドメインから構成される請求項１に記載の使用方法。 The method according to claim 1, wherein the immunoglobulin Fc region is composed of 1 to 4 domains selected from the group consisting of C H 1, C H 2, C H 3 and C H 4 domains. 免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域がヒンジ領域をさらに含む請求項１に記載の使用方法。   The use according to claim 1, wherein the immunoglobulin Fc region further comprises a hinge region. 免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域が、ＩｇＧ、ＩｇＡ、ＩｇＤ、ＩｇＥ、ＩｇＭ、これらの組み合わせまたはこれらのハイブリッドのＦｃ領域よりなる群から選択される請求項１に記載の使用方法。   The method according to claim 1, wherein the immunoglobulin Fc region is selected from the group consisting of IgG, IgA, IgD, IgE, IgM, combinations thereof or hybrid Fc regions thereof. 免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域が、ＩｇＧ１、ＩｇＧ２、ＩｇＧ３、ＩｇＧ４、これらの組み合わせまたはこれらのハイブリッドのＦｃ領域よりなる群から選択される請求項５に記載の使用方法。   6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the immunoglobulin Fc region is selected from the group consisting of IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, combinations thereof or hybrid Fc regions thereof. 免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域がＩｇＧ４ Ｆｃ領域である請求項６に記載の使用方法。   The method according to claim 6, wherein the immunoglobulin Fc region is an IgG4 Fc region. 免疫グロブリンＦｃ領域がヒト非糖鎖化ＩｇＧ４ Ｆｃ領域である請求項７に記載の使用方法。   The method according to claim 7, wherein the immunoglobulin Fc region is a human non-glycosylated IgG4 Fc region. 非ペプチド性リンカーは、ポリエチレングリコール、ポリプロピレングリコール、エチレングリコールとプロピレングリコールとの共重合体、ポリオオキシエチル化ポリオール、ポリビニルアルコール、多糖類、デキストラン、ポリビニルエーテル、生分解性高分子、脂質重合体、キチン類、およびヒアルロン酸、並びにこれらの組み合わせからなる群より選択される請求項１に記載の使用方法。   Non-peptide linkers include polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, copolymers of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, polyoxyethylated polyols, polyvinyl alcohol, polysaccharides, dextran, polyvinyl ether, biodegradable polymers, lipid polymers, The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is selected from the group consisting of chitins, hyaluronic acid, and combinations thereof. 生理活性ポリペプチドが、ホルモン、サイトカイン、酵素、抗体、成長因子、転写調節因子、血液因子、ワクチン、構造蛋白質、リガンド蛋白質および受容体よりなる群から選択される請求項１に記載の使用方法。   The method according to claim 1, wherein the physiologically active polypeptide is selected from the group consisting of hormones, cytokines, enzymes, antibodies, growth factors, transcriptional regulators, blood factors, vaccines, structural proteins, ligand proteins and receptors. 生理活性ポリペプチドが、ヒト成長ホルモン、成長ホルモン放出ホルモン、成長ホルモン放出ペプチド、インターフェロン類、インターフェロン受容体類、コロニー刺激因子、グルカコン類似ペプチド類、Ｇ蛋白質共役型受容体、インターロイキン類、インターロイキン受容体類、酵素類、インターロイキン結合蛋白質類、サイトカイン結合蛋白質類、マクロファージ活性因子、マクロファージペプチド、Ｂ細胞因子、Ｔ細胞因子、プロテインＡ、アレルギー抑制因子、細胞壊死糖蛋白質、免疫毒素、リンポ毒素、腫瘍壊死因子、腫瘍抑制因子、転移成長因子、アルファ−１アンチトリプシン、アルブミン、α−ラクトアルブミン、アポリポ蛋白質−Ｅ、赤血球生成因子、高糖鎖化赤血球生成因子、アンジオポエチン類、ヘモグロビン、トロンビン、トロンビン受容体活性ペプチド、トロンボモジュリン、血液因子ＶＩＩ、ＶＩＩａ、ＶＩＩＩ、ＩＸ、ＸＩＩＩ、プラズミノゲン活性因子、フィブリン−結合ペプチド、ウロキナーゼ、ストレプトキナーゼ、ヒルジン、プロテインＣ、Ｃ−反応性蛋白質、レニン抑制剤、コラゲナーゼ抑制剤、スーパーオキシドジスムターゼ、レプチン、血小板由来成長因子、上皮細胞成長因子、表皮細胞成長因子、アンギオスタチン、アンギオテンシン、骨形成成長因子、骨形成促進蛋白質、カルシトニン、インスリン、アトリオペプチン、軟骨誘導因子、エルカトニン、結合組織活性因子、組織因子経路抑制剤、卵胞刺激ホルモン、黄体形成ホルモン、黄体形成ホルモン放出ホルモン、神経成長因子類、副甲状腺ホルモン、レラキシン、セクレチン、ソマトメジン、インスリン様成長因子、副腎皮質ホルモン、グルカゴン、コレシストキニン、膵臓ポリペプチド、ガストリン放出ペプチド、コルチコトロピン放出因子、甲状腺刺激ホルモン、オートタキシン、ラクトフェリン、ミオスタチン、受容体類、受容体拮抗物質、細胞表面抗原、ウイルス由来ワクチン抗原、モノクローナル抗体、ポリクローナル抗体よび抗体断片類よりなる群から選択される請求項１０に記載の使用方法。   The bioactive polypeptide is human growth hormone, growth hormone releasing hormone, growth hormone releasing peptide, interferons, interferon receptors, colony stimulating factor, glucacon-like peptides, G protein-coupled receptor, interleukins, interleukin Receptors, enzymes, interleukin binding proteins, cytokine binding proteins, macrophage activation factor, macrophage peptide, B cell factor, T cell factor, protein A, allergy inhibitory factor, cell necrosis glycoprotein, immunotoxin, lymphotoxin , Tumor necrosis factor, tumor suppressor, metastatic growth factor, alpha-1 antitrypsin, albumin, α-lactalbumin, apolipoprotein-E, erythropoiesis factor, hyperglycosylated erythropoiesis factor, angiopoietins, hemoglobin, tro Bin, thrombin receptor active peptide, thrombomodulin, blood factor VII, VIIa, VIII, IX, XIII, plasminogen activator, fibrin-binding peptide, urokinase, streptokinase, hirudin, protein C, C-reactive protein, renin inhibitor Collagenase inhibitor, superoxide dismutase, leptin, platelet-derived growth factor, epidermal growth factor, epidermal growth factor, angiostatin, angiotensin, osteogenic growth factor, osteogenic protein, calcitonin, insulin, atriopeptin, cartilage Inducer, elcatonin, connective tissue activator, tissue factor pathway inhibitor, follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, luteinizing hormone releasing hormone, nerve growth factors, parathyroid hormone, relaxin, secretin , Somatomedin, insulin-like growth factor, corticosteroid, glucagon, cholecystokinin, pancreatic polypeptide, gastrin releasing peptide, corticotropin releasing factor, thyroid stimulating hormone, autotaxin, lactoferrin, myostatin, receptors, receptor antagonists, The method according to claim 10, which is selected from the group consisting of cell surface antigens, virus-derived vaccine antigens, monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies and antibody fragments. 生理活性ポリペプチドが、ヒト成長ホルモン、コロニー刺激因子、インターフェロン−アルファ、ヒト赤血球生成因子およびＦａｂ’抗体断片よりなる群から選択される請求項１１に記載の使用方法。   The method according to claim 11, wherein the physiologically active polypeptide is selected from the group consisting of human growth hormone, colony stimulating factor, interferon-alpha, human erythropoiesis factor and Fab 'antibody fragment. 非ペプチド性リンカーが、ポリエチレングリコール（ＰＥＧ）である請求項１に記載の使用方法。   The method according to claim 1, wherein the non-peptidic linker is polyethylene glycol (PEG).
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